Sahtu Dene and Metis Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement

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The Sahtu Dene and Metis Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement, is a

Section 35 of the Constitution of Canada.[3]

The agreement includes recognizing Sahtu Dene and Metis ownership of 41,437 km² of land in the Mackenzie River Valley. This includes subsurface or mineral rights to 1,813 km² of land.

The

Norman Wells
.

The Sahtu Dene and Metis received a tax-free payment of $75 million (1990 dollars) over a 15-year period. They receive a share of annual resource revenues from development in the Mackenzie Valley as per the agreement, including a share in Norman Wells oil and gas royalties.

Negotiated terms regarding the 1944 oil production under the Norman Wells Proven Area Agreement are found in Chapter 9.

The Sahtu Dene and Metis maintain exclusive right to trap and the right to hunt and fish throughout in a 280,238 square kilometre area which includes Great Bear Lake.

References

  1. ISBN 0662212185
    . Retrieved April 5, 2021.
  2. ^ "Plain Talk Info Fact Sheets: The Sahtu Dene and Metis Comprehensive Land Claim" (PDF). Government of Canada.
  3. ^ "Implementation of modern treaties and self-government agreements". Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved April 5, 2021.
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