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Nunatsiavut - an Inuit region in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador
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Nunatsiavut, located on the east coast of Canada, is the youngest of the four self-governing Inuit regions that make up Inuit Nunangat. It was created through a 2005 land claims and self-government agreement between the Labrador Inuit, the province of Newfoundland and Labrador and the federal government. This paper has three objectives: first, to outline the history of Nunatsiavut's creation; second, to present the key provisions of the land claims agreement and the political institutions created at that time; and third, to evaluate the operation of Nunatsiavut using a multi-level governance model.
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17951/teka.2021.16.1.21-44
Date of publication: 2022-01-10 22:01:03
Date of submission: 2021-08-23 20:41:30
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