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	Nunavut - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The capital of Nunavut is Iqaluit (formerly Frobisher Bay) on Baffin Island in the east.
		Nunavut is both the least populated and the largest of the provinces and territorities of Canada.
		Nunavut encompasses the entirety of the District of Keewatin (which had differing boundaries from the Keewatin/Kivalliq regions), the majority of the District of Franklin and a small portion of the District of Mackenzie.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Nunavut (1344 words)

	Nunavut - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Nunavut's small and sparse population makes it unlikely the territory will be granted provincial status in the foreseeable future, although this may change if the Yukon, which is only marginally more populous, becomes a province.
		Nunavut has land borders with the Northwest Territories on several islands as well as the mainland, and a tiny land border with Newfoundland and Labrador on Killiniq Island.
		Nunavut's head of state is a Commissioner appointed by the federal Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nunavut (1378 words)

	Nunavut - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Nunavut's small and sparse population makes it unlikely the territory will be granted provincial status in the foreseeable future, although this may change when and if the Yukon, which is only marginally larger in population, becomes a province.
		Nunavut's vegetation is paritally composed of rare berries, lichens, arctic willows, moss, tough grass, and small willow shrubs.
		The head of government, the premier of Nunavut, is elected by and from among the members of the legislative assembly.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Nunavut (1266 words)

	Nunavut
		Formerly part of the vast Northwest Territories, Nunavut officially separated on April 1, 1999 via the Nunavut Act[?] and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act[?], though the actual boundaries were established as early as 1993.
		The capital of Nunavut is Iqaluit (formerly Frobisher Bay) on Baffin Island.
		The territory covers approximately 1.9 million square kilometers of land and water including part of the mainland, most of the Arctic Islands, and all of the islands in Hudson Bay, James Bay, and Ungava Bay[?] which were formerly attached to the Northwest Territories.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/nu/Nunavat.html (494 words)

	HighBeam Encyclopedia - Nunavut (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Nunavut encompassess most of Canada's Arctic islands, including Ellesmere, Baffin, Devon, Prince of Wales, Southampton, and Coats, as well as the islands in Hudson and James bays.
		Geographically, the territory is largely on the Canadian Shield and almost entirely north of the tree line (except near the Manitoba border); the landscape is dominated by tundra, rock, and snow and ice.
		The separation of Nunavut from the Northwest Territories began with a 1992 territorial referendum in which the electorate approved the move as part of the largest native land-claim settlement in Canadian history.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/N/Nunavut.asp (562 words)

	Wikinfo \| Nunavut (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Nunavut is the newest of the provinces and territories of Canada: it was split off officially from the vast Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999 via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, though the actual boundaries were established as early as 1993.
		Nunavut also comprises Ellesmere Island in the north and the east of Victoria Island in the west.
		If Nunavut were a country it would be the least densely populated in the world: Greenland is that, and Nunavit has almost the same area and half the population.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Nunavut (653 words)

	Nunavut Legal Services Study (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The creation of the new territory of Nunavut gave the Inuit a jurisdiction of their own, separate from the population of Dene and Metis to the west whose interests were different from theirs.
		One key principle of the Nunavut Implementation Commission and the subsequent tripartite (federal, territorial and Inuit) process for implementing Nunavut was that the new government would be established on a decentralized model.
		Nunavut's legal system is unique in Canada due to the Nunavut Court of Justice, a unified court that replaces the dual court model (Territorial and Supreme) used in the rest of Canada.
	canada.justice.gc.ca /en/ps/rs/rep/2003/rr03lars-14/rr03-14_02_2.html (3053 words)

	Nunatsiaq News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		At Trent, Nunavut was not on the agenda, and even though she managed to incorporate Inuit themes into her essays, she decided after her second year to leave university to enroll in Nunavut Sivuniksavut, the eight-month pre-college program in Ottawa, "specifically to learn about Nunavut history and the Nunavut land claims agreement."
		Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. is also working on teaching materials to accompany its Plain Language Guide to the Nunavut Land Claim Agreement and Nunavut Arctic College will soon begin publishing detailed biographies of six chief negotiators.
		Nunavut's education department is a partner in the project, and is now working on a teaching unit for its Grade 10 Northern Studies course, which is mandatory for graduation.
	www.nunatsiaq.com /archives/50826/news/nunavut/50826_01.html (794 words)

	Air Nunavut - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Air Nunavut (formerly called Air Baffin) is an airline based in Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada.
		It is the only local and Inuit-owned air carrier in the eastern Arctic, operating medevac and charter services throughout Canada's Arctic, northern Quebec and Greenland.
		The Air Nunavut fleet consists of 3 Beechcraft 200 aircraft and a Dassault Falcon 10 (at January 2006).
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Air_Nunavut (140 words)

	Road (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Nunavut Proposal calls for the Beaufort Sea and Yukon North Slope areas used by the Inuvialuit to be included in the Nunavut Territory.
		In November, in a Nunavut-wide vote, the Inuit of Nunavut ratify the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement.
		Footprints II is used as the blueprint for the foundation of the Government of Nunavut.
	www.gov.nu.ca /Nunavut/English/about/road.shtml (473 words)

	Nunavut Integrity Commissioner - History of the Act
		Chairman, as Nunavut grows, it is our goal as Members of the Legislative Assembly to review our legislative base to ensure that it is appropriate for the needs of Nunavut.
		In Nunavut, we want members and the public to be able to make a request for a review, so that the people of Nunavut can continue to play a key role in monitoring behaviour and ensuring accountability.
		The new Act recognizes that as Nunavut moves forward in its economic development, it will be increasingly important that individuals who enter public life are not required to sever all connection to their private businesses, nor require the same of their families.
	www.integritycom.nu.ca /English/About_Act/history.html (1714 words)

	Canadian Genealogy and History Links - Nunavut (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act An Act respecting an Agreement between the Inuit of the Nunavut Settlement Area and Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada.
		Nunavut Planning Commission In the Inuit language of Inuktitut, Nunavut means "Our Land".
		It is the name given to the ancestral home of the Inuit of the central and eastern Arctic, and to the Territory of Nunavut in Canada's Eastern Arctic which came into bring in 1999.
	www.islandnet.com /~jveinot/cghl/nunavut.html (142 words)

	History of the Nunavut Employees Union (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Nunavut Employees Union officially came into existence on April 1, 1999, upon the birth of the Nunavut Territory.
		On May 5-6, 1998 the Nunavut Advisory Committee met in Ottawa at the Public Service Alliance of Canada Headquarters and drafted the by-laws for the Nunavut Employees Union with the assistance of Mike Martin, PSAC Component Administrator, Jean-François DesLauriers, PSAC Regional Executive Vice-President for the North, and Mark Watters, PSAC Director of Finance and Administration.
		Mr Lyall outlined the history of the Co-op and drew parallels between his organization and the Union.
	www.neu.ca /history.html (1032 words)

	Nunavut History & Nunavut Culture \| iExplore.com
		In the early 1990s, an agreement was reached between the Inuit, the other inhabitants of the Northwest Territories and the government of Canada to create the new territory of Nunavut.
		On April 1, 1999, the so-called Nunavut Act created a new territory and settled a land claim made by the Inuit.
		To reflect the demographics of the local population, at least 85% of the territorial government must be staffed by Inuit (though lack of training is likely to keep that figure around 50% for several years).
	www.iexplore.com /dmap/Nunavut/History (371 words)

	Nunatsiaq News, June 6, 1997 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		IQALUIT Nunavut's new Liberal Member of parliament is due in Ottawa on Monday to attend her first caucus meeting.
		The old Nunatsiaq riding was modified slightly in 1996, with borders redrawn to conform to the boundaries for the new Nunavut territory.
		The mandate of NCC is to build the infastructure for the Nunavut government, period.
	www.nunanet.com /~nunat/week/70606.html (5738 words)

	History of Nunavut license plates (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Nunavut was declared separate from the North West Territories on April 1, 1999.
		New plates for Nunavut were issued shortly after the separation on April 1, 1999.
		The earliest dated Nunavut plate would have been 1999, an expiry date later on in the year.
	www.canplates.com /nunavut.html (127 words)

	(English)Road to Nunavut (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		1976 – ITC proposes the creation of a Nunavut Territory as part of a comprehensive settlement of Inuit land claims in the Northwest Territories.
		1992 – An overall majority of voters in the Northwest Territories and the Nunavut area approve the proposed boundary for division in a May plebiscite.
		1993 – The Nunavut Agreement is signed in May. In June, the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act and the Nunavut Act are adopted by Parliament and receive Royal Assent.
	www.gov.nu.ca /road.htm (468 words)

	ABoriginArt: History of Nunavut Inuit Art Eskimo Art Canadian Inuit Eskimos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		It is a history of culture contact and cultural conflict.
		It is the history of the three regions of Nunavut.
		But the recorded history of Baffin Island began in 1576 when Martin Frobisher, on an expedition in search of a Northwest Passage, discovered what he thought was gold in the bay that bears his name.
	www.inuitarteskimoart.com /store/catalog/About-History.php (3637 words)

	Nunavut History
		It is the history of the Inuit who originally inhabited this land, by turns rich and sparse, and of the qallunaat who arrived in their changing quests — for a sea route westward, for whales, for furs and other natural resources, and finally, to stay.
		The westernmost reaches of Nunavut were the last to be explored by non-Inuit.
		In 1934, the Hudson's Bay Co. moved Inuit from Cape Dorset, Pangnirtung and Pond Inlet to Dundas Harbour on Devon Island to trap foxes.
	www.yukoncollege.yk.ca /~agraham/nost202/nunavut-history-harper5.html (3572 words)

	CM Magazine: Welcome to Nunavut.
		The territory of Nunavut came into official existence on April 1, 1999.
		Welcome to Nunavut provides an insider's view of a modern historical event; it also reminds us of the ways in which the media shapes our perspectives of current historical events and often skillfully masks underlying conflicts.
		As a classroom or supplementary resource, Welcome to Nunavut has rather limited use; other NFB videos, such as Journey to Nunavut, provide a much better sense of Nunavut's history, as well as the clash and compromise of northern and southern cultures.
	www.umanitoba.ca /cm/vol7/no7/welcometonunavut.html (363 words)

	Mapleleafweb.com: Nunavut: The Story of Canada's Inuit People
		The Inuit displace the Tuniit and establish the first Inuit settlements in Nunavut.
		In 1670, Britain claimed the area of Nunavut and became part of Rupert’s Land and the North-Western Territory.
		The Inuit way of life in Nunavut underwent massive economic, social, and cultural changes during the 20th century.
	www.mapleleafweb.com /features/nunavut/history.html (680 words)

	GORP - History - Paddling Nunavut's Coppermine River
		Lynda and I were drawn to the Coppermine River by the written accounts of early explorers like Samuel Hearne of the Hudson's Bay Company and Sir John Franklin of the British Navy.
		Although the written history of this river is largely about white explorers and adventurers, one thing is certain, none of these Europeans would have completed their trips without the help of the Athapaskan Indians and Inuit.
		Although the Yellowknife Indians, or Copper Indians as many Europeans knew them, were defeated by the Dogribs, their vast knowledge of the Barrens is still incorporated in the oral history of the Chipewyans, with whom their remaining people amalgamated.
	gorp.away.com /gorp/location/canada/nunavut/copper7.htm (600 words)

	::: Nunavut–Canada’s Arctic ::: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		For history buffs, there are walking trails where visitors can journey back in time to catch a glimpse of Nunavut's past.
		Another historic trail explores the history of Nunavut's oldest community — Chesterfield Inlet — where you can learn about the history of Catholic Mission in the north and visit an exceptional Thule site on the point beyond the old Hudson Bay buildings.
		Roald Amundsen's was the first to complete the voyage, and the centennial of this event will be celebrated in many communities throughout the High Arctic beginning in 2003.
	www.nunavuttourism.com /site/PrinterFriendly.asp?Id=52 (158 words)

	The Very Short History of Nunavut \| Outside Online
		The fireworks hung like palm fronds around the full moon, offering green comets instead of leaves, and the silhouettes of gloved and parkaed people standing in the snow took on noonday life for a moment, until the light faded.
		Witnessing all around me the joy of the Nunavummiut, who had regained some control over their nation at lastùafter all, Nunavut means "our land"ùI was moved almost to tears.
		If you look at a map and take in the vastness of that balsamic paradise called Canada, you will quickly see why Nunavut, huge as it is, remains outside the ken of so many Canadians, let alone the rest of the world.
	outside.away.com /magazine/0799/9907nunavut.html (1112 words)

	Nunavut
		Regional: North America: Canada: Nunavut: Society and Culture: Ethnicity: Indigenous
		Includes information on area history, geography, climate, plants and animals.
		Information on Nunavut elections including results, voter guides and lists, and Constituency maps.
	ca.worldsearch.com /nunavut (317 words)

	Welcome to Nunavut Parks: Visitor's Centre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Nunavut's Visitor Centres are a great first place to contact before your visit to Nunavut.
		They are community centres where residents come together to take part in traditional activities; they are places that interpret the rich and important history of Nunavut; they describe the strong relationships between Nunavummiut and the land; and they celebrate and promote tourism, local, regional and territorial attractions.
		When you travel in Nunavut you are in polar bear country.
	www.nunavutparks.com /visitors_centre/index.cfm (234 words)

	Tiscali - Search
		History, statistics, and public reaction regarding the new territory.
		Focuses on the negotiation and implementation of the Nunavut Land Claim Agreement and the design and implementation of the Nunavut Government.
		Information on Nunavut land claims (before the creation of the territory).
	directory.tiscali.co.uk /Regional/North_America/Canada/Nunavut (159 words)

	millman review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Uqalurait: An Oral History of Nunavut uses quotes from some three hundred elders to document Inuit traditional knowledge.
		Touching on everything from pregnancy taboos to starvation cuisine, from star lore to food sharing lore, and from skin preparation to sledge building, it is by far the most comprehensive compilation of Inuit oral lore ever put together.
		For a volume that purports to be all-inclusive, this is unforgivable, especially since that region's inhabitants, the Qikitarmiut, are among the most traditional in Nunavut.
	www.ric.edu /rpotter/uqalurait.html (420 words)

	Nunavut: Canada's Inuit Territory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The NIC is a federally appointed body set up to advise the governments of Canada and the Northwest Territories, along with Nunavut Tunngavik Inc, on the creation of Nunavut.
		Until April 1, 1999, the people of Nunavut will be governed by the Yellowknife based Government of the Northwest Territories.
		Nunavut's latest singing stars -- at this site, maintained by Sony Records, you can download.wav and.au clips from their recent CD.
	www.nunanet.com /~nunat/pages/nunavut.html (175 words)

	Pullman Kids: Geography: Canada: Nunavut (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Nunavut became Canada's third territory on April 1st 1999.
		Please help support the Pullman Kids web site by purchasing books about Nunavut from our children's book store.
		The Road to Nunavut - A Chronological History
	www.pullmankids.com /geo/can/nunavut.html (118 words)

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