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The Parliament of Canada passes the Nunavut Act leading to the 1999 creation of Nunavut, dividing the Northwest Territories into arctic (Inuit) and sub-arctic (Dene) lands based on a plebiscite.
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Inuit
Indigenous peoples of northern North America
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Dene
Indigenous people in northern Canada
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1982 Northwest Territories division plebiscite
1982 referendum creating the Canadian territory of Nunavut
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