Sentence examples for claims agreement from inspiring English sources

The 1973 claims agreement did not cover her claim," Mrs. Peresztegi said.

Denmark granted a measure of home rule to Greenland in 1979; Nunavut was established in 1999 along with a sweepingly powerful Land Claims agreement designed to atone for Canada's previous offences against the aboriginal peoples.

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Perhaps most wide-reaching of all, a series of Comprehensive Land Claims Agreements that began with the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement (1975) have been used to resolve issues such as the dominion's failure to fulfill specific treaty obligations and the determination of title for aboriginal lands not included in other compacts.

The community has repeatedly demonstrated its commitment to conservation and the creation of protected areas in land claims agreements and land-use plans.

Two years after the agreement was signed, the territory of Nunavut was created through a land-claim agreement with the Inuit.

Ivvavik also is one of Canada's newest national parks, and the first in the world to be created out of a land claim agreement.

As we sat down for a rest around the halfway point, perching on smooth rocks and looking out at a big bend in the Firth, Manny told me about how his mother was one of the key leaders in establishing the land claim agreement that created the park.

"It will be beneficial to other communities and to Iqaluit, " says James Eetoolook, who is vice president of Nunavut Tunngavik Inc., an organization that manages Inuit responsibilities under the Nunavut Land Claim Agreement.

According to Article 33 of the Nunavut Lands Claim Agreement, archaeological treasures found in the Nunavut Settlement Area are co-owned by the Inuit and the government — though it's not clear which government — as long as the area isn't administered by the Parks Canada.

The current negotiation of land-claim agreements with the 14 Indian bands who make up a fifth of the territory's 34,000 population has brought in extra millions of federal cash.