The Inuvik Native Band is a Gwich'in First Nations band government in the Northwest Territories . The band is located in Inuvik , a mixed community where First Nations, Inuit , and non-Indigenous people live in approximately equal numbers. It received official recognition as a Native band by the Canadian government in 1982.
6-743: The Inuvik Native Band is a member of the Gwich'in Tribal Council . The Nihtat Gwich’in Council and Inuvik Native Band are distinct entities with mostly overlapping membership. The Nihtat Gwich’in Council represents Inuvik-based benificiaries of the Gwich’in Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement (GCLCA). While the Inuvik Native Band consists mainly of Gwich’in, membership is not limited to Gwich'in beneficiaries of
12-981: The Biden administration cancelled oil and gas leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge , for which Bernadette Demientieff, executive director of the Gwich’in Steering Committee, thanked the administration. The Gwitch'in Tribal Council represents the four Gwitch'in communities in the Gwitch'in Settlement Area of the Northwest Territories , known as Designated Gwich'in Organizations (DGOs): Gwitch'in communities in Alaska and Yukon are not members of
18-789: The GCLCA. It promotes the interests of all Indigenous people in Inuvik. This Northwest Territories -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Gwich%27in Tribal Council The Gwichʼin Tribal Council is a First Nations organization representing the Gwichʼin people in the Mackenzie River Delta of the Northwest Territories. It was created in 1992 with
24-731: The Gwitch'in Tribal Council. Although not a full self-government, the Gwichʼin Tribal Council has authority over planning and conservation within its jurisdiction, and exercises full ownership of various lands and organizations. These holdings include subsurface rights to certain parcels in the NWT, as well as the Gwichʼin Development Corporation and Gwichʼin Settlement Corporation. An additional Yukon Transboundary Agreement extends some of these rights into
30-650: The Mackenzie-Delta signed Treaty 11 , but unresolved differences arose between the interpretation of aboriginal and treaty rights by the Gwichʼin and by Canada, and many obligations were never fulfilled. To provide certainty and clarity of rights to land ownership, and to ensure various rights and benefits to the Gwichʼin people, the Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement was signed as a modern treaty on April 22, 1992. In September 2023,
36-662: The final ratification of the Gwichʼin Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement with the Government of Canada . Negotiations to achieve a Final Agreement, and thus, Gwichʼin self-government, are ongoing. The Gwichʼin people have been present in Alaska , Yukon, and the Northwest Territories since time immemorial . In 1921, chiefs and headmen representing the Gwichʼin (then known as the Loucheux) population in
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