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The Sahtu Dene and Metis Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement is signed for 180,000 square kilometres (69,000 sq mi) in the Mackenzie Valley of the western Arctic.

Sahtu Dene and Metis Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement

1993 indigenous land-claim agreement in Canada's Northwest Territories

The Sahtu Dene and Metis Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement, is a comprehensive lands claim agreement between The Crown in the right of Canada and the Dene and Métis of the Sahtu area in the Northwest Territories. The agreement was signed by the Chiefs of the Sahtu Dene bands,…
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Mackenzie River

Largest river system in Canada

The Mackenzie River is a river in the Canadian boreal forest and tundra. It forms, along with the Slave, Peace, and Finlay, the longest river system in Canada, the second largest drainage basin of any North American river after the Mississippi.
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Arctic

Polar region of the Earth's northern hemisphere

The Arctic is the polar region of Earth that surrounds the North Pole, lying within the Arctic Circle. The Arctic region, from the IERS Reference Meridian travelling east, consists of parts of northern Norway, northernmost Sweden, northern Finland, Russia, the United States…
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April 9

Day of the year

April 9 is the 99th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 266 days remain until the end of the year.
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