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In July 1993, the Sahtu Dene and Metis voted to approve the Sahtu Dene and Metis Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement. After being approved by the Federal Government and the Government of the Northwest Territories, the Agreement was signed on September 6, 1993, in Tulita (formerly Fort Norman). The Sahtu Dene and Metis Land Claim Settlement Act came into effect on June 23, 1994.
Under the Agreement, the Sahtu Dene and Metis received title to 41,437 square kilometres of land in the Northwest Territories, (NWT), an area slightly larger than Vancouver Island (subsurface rights are included on 1,813 square kilometres of this land). The Sahtu had their right to hunt and fish throughout the Sahtu Settlement Area (SSA), and confirmed their exclusive right to trap in the Sahtu Settlement Area. The Sahtu have guaranteed participation in institutions of public government regarding renewable resource management, land use planning, and land and water use within the Settlement Area, as well as environmental impact assessment and review within the Mackenzie Valley.
The Sahtu received financial payments totalling $130 million over a fifteen year period, as well as a share of the resource royalties paid to governments each year by operators in the Mackenzie Valley.
The Agreement also provides for the negotiation of self-government agreements that will be brought into effect through federal and/or territorial legislation.
Final Agreement
• Sahtu Dene and Metis Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement
Map
• Map of the Sahtu Settlement Area
Implementation Plan
• Sahtu Implementation Plan (1993)
Annual Reports
• Annual Reports
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