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Since the NLCA was signed in 1993, amendments have been implemented. The major amendments in 1995 and 1996 were alterations to different official event dates. Articles 5.4.2, 5.6.25, 8.2.2, 8.2.3, and 35.5.7 of the
Nunavut Land Claims Agreement were changed. On March 1, 2002, schedule 29-3
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In addition to creating management and advisory groups, and making various financial considerations, the NLCA gave the Inuit of
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