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The records were created by the Aboriginal Rights and Constitutional Development Secretariat and the Ministry of Intergovernmental and Aboriginal Affairs during the negotiation and implementation of the Nunavut claim. There are files related to the development of the agreement-in-principle and planning for the establishment of Nunavut, as well as the establishment and operation of boards and agencies involved in the implementation of the agreement, including the Nunavut Implementation Panel, Nunavut Implementation Training Committee, and Transition Teams for the Nunavut Planning Commission, Nunavut Water Board, and Nunavut Impact Review Board.

Records include correspondence, reports, and meeting minutes on topics related to constitutional development and land claims, including devolution of powers from the federal government to the GNWT, GNWT participation in First Ministers' Conferences, the Northern Energy Accord, the Dene/Metis land claim, the Committee for Original Peoples Entitlement (COPE/Inuvialuit) land claim, and Division of the NWT.

This accession consists of textual records relating to the Aboriginal (Indigenous) affairs function of the Department of the Executive. The records document Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) involvement in various land claims, including those with the Dene-Metis, Sahtu, Gwich'in, Inuvialuit (COPE), Tunngavik Federation of Nunavut (TFN), and Makivik organizations, intergovernmental interactions on the federal/provincial/territorial level, and the interactions of the Aboriginal Relations and Constitutional Development division with other GNWT departments. The records include policies and directives, agreements (including drafts), comments and responses, legal opinions, implementation worksheets and plans, briefing material, financial records, Financial Management Board submissions, meeting materials, correspondence, proposals, applications, discussion, decision and option papers, land use planning records, records of recommendation and decision, court documents, reports, communications plans, a job description, maps, speaking notes, news releases, and reference material.

This accession consists of textual records relating to the Aboriginal (Indigenous) affairs and intergovernmental relations functions of the Department of the Executive. The records document Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) involvement in various land claims, including those with the Dene-Metis, Sahtu, Gwich'in, Tunngavik Federation of Nunavut, Tlicho, Deh Cho, Denesuline, Makivik, Hay River Dene, and Treaty 8 organizations. The records also document self-government by Indigenous groups (including the Western Arctic Regional Government), devolution of airports, land, water, and resource management from the Federal government (including the Northern Accord), division of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, constitutional development, and intergovernmental relations. The records include policies and directives, negotiation drafts, implementation plans, agreements, comments and responses, briefing material, correspondence, meeting material, reference material, decision and discussion papers, and reports.

This accession consists of textual records relating to the Aboriginal (Indigenous) affairs and intergovernmental relations functions of the Department of the Executive. The records document Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) involvement in various land claims, including those with the Dene-Metis, Sahtu, Gwich'in, Tunngavik Federation of Nunavut, Tlicho, and Treaty 8 organizations, covering both negotiation and implementation of the land claims. The records also document post-agreement negotiations with the Inuvialuit over land access by the GNWT, land and resource management, political and constitutional development, and self-government by Indigenous groups. The records include negotiation and implementation drafts and responses, implementation plans, agreements (draft, final and amended), land interest documentation, briefing material, correspondence, meeting and workshop material, reference material, policies, decision and discussion papers, legal opinions, financial records, proposals, reports, and a job description.

Records date from 1977-1986 and contain correspondence, reports, meeting minutes and position papers concerning the draft of land claims involving groups including the Dene and Metis, Committee for Original People's Entitlement (COPE), the Tunngavik Federation of Nunavut (TFN), and the Inuit Tapirisat of Canada. They were originally housed within the Department of the Executive.

Records date from 1974-1988 and relate to land claims, including the Inuvialuit (COPE) land claim, the Dene/Metis land claim, and the creation of Nunavut, from the Aboriginal Rights and Constitutional Development Secretariat of the department. Also included are records relating to the creation of the Western Arctic Region Municipality (WARM). The records in this accession consist of primarily correspondence, meeting minutes, and copies of reports from federal government, territorial government and Aboriginal government representatives.