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Records are comprised primarily of copies of federal records concerning the transfer of responsibilities from the federal government (Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development) to the Government of the Northwest Territories. Sections include: economic development, education, engineering, financial services, housing, material management, personnel and welfare. They were collected by the Office of the Commissioner from a variety of sources.

This accession consists of one copy of an invitation to a reception and dinner held to celebrate the transfer of the territorial government from Ottawa to Yellowknife in September 1967.

Records are comprised of files collected by the Commissioner. Records include materials related to education, in particular a report by Des Sparham, documents related to the Fort Resolution sawmill, Resolute Bay Policy Committee materials, departmental responses to a plan for transferring responsibilities to communities, Executive Committee policy directives, and documents related to the Committee for Original Peoples Entitlement (COPE).