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NTI originated as a political activist body. Although it is now an organization with significant responsibilities for administering the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement (NLCA), it continues as an advocate for the rights of Inuit. NTI plays a lead role in helping Inuit and Inuit organizations understand their rights and obligations under the NLCA.
Equal representation of Inuit with the government on a new set of wildlife management, resource management and environmental boards; [3] In addition to creating management and advisory groups, and making various financial considerations, the NLCA gave the Inuit of Nunavut title to approximately 350,000 km 2 (140,000 sq mi) of land, of which, 35,257 km 2 (13,613 sq mi) include mineral rights; [3]
Former logo of the Inuit Circumpolar Conference. The Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC; formerly the Inuit Circumpolar Conference) is a multinational non-governmental organization (NGO) and Indigenous Peoples' Organization (IPO) representing the 180,000 Inuit and Yupik (sometimes referred to as Eskimo) people living in Alaska (United States), Canada, Greenland (Kingdom of Denmark), and the ...
The James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement (French: Convention de la Baie-James et du Nord québécois) is an Aboriginal land claim settlement, approved in 1975 by the Cree and Inuit of northern Quebec, and later slightly modified in 1978 by the Northeastern Quebec Agreement (French: Accord du Nord-Est québécois), through which Quebec's Naskapi First Nation joined the agreement.
The Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) is a transnational non-governmental organization representing 150,000 Inuit people across the Circumpolar North. The ICC began originally as an Inuit Circumpolar Conference, first held in 1977, and gradually evolved to become a Council in the 10th General Assembly meeting of the Inuit Circumpolar Conference ...
Scholars currently disagree about whether the treaty was signed by Inuit permanently resident in the south or northern Inuit who travelled to the south on a temporary basis. [b] This treaty later formed the basis of the NCC's first unsuccessful application for the NunatuKavut claimlands. In its claim, the NCC stated the treaty was signed by ...
Pages in category "Inuit organizations" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The organization changed its name to the NunatuKavut Community Council in 2010, reflecting the historic name of their shared Southern Inuit ancestors, the NunatuKavummiut. [ 7 ] [ 47 ] [ i ] NCC figures from 2007 suggest that almost all NunatuKavummiut have retained traditional practices such as hunting, fishing, collecting wood, and harvesting ...