Agreements

All final and interim agreements related to land, resources and governance with Aboriginal groups in the NWT are listed here, along with PDF versions of most documents. Some agreements are available in English only and are not posted on the Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada website. For paper copies of any of these agreements, please contact Aboriginal and Territorial Relations.

Historical Treaties

• Treaty 8 - Treaty between the Dene south of Great Slave Lake and the Crown in 1899 and 1900
• Treaty 11 - Treaty signed between the Dene of the western and northern NWT in 1921 and 1922.

Modern Treaties

Inuvialuit

• The Western Arctic Claim - The Inuvialuit Final Agreement  
  • Amendments to the Western Arctic Claim - The Inuvialuit Final Agreement
• Inuvialuit Self-Government Process and Schedule Agreement

Gwich'in

• Gwich'in (Dene/Métis) Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement  
  • Amendments to the Gwich'in Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement 
• Implementation Plan for the Gwich'in (Dene/Métis) Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement  
• Gwich'in Self-Government Process and Schedule Agreement

Sahtu

• Sahtu Dene and Metis Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement

• Implementation Plan for the Sahtu Dene and Metis Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement (1993)  
• Norman Wells Self-Government Framework Agreement
  
• Déline Self-Government Process and Schedule Agreement    
• Déline Self-Government Agreement in Principle 
• Tulita Self-Government Framework Agreement    

Tlicho

• Tlicho Agreement
• Tlicho Agreement Implementation Plan  

Akaitcho

• Akaitcho Territory Dene First Nations Framework Agreement     
• Akaitcho Interim Measures Agreement     

Deh Cho

• Dehcho First Nations Framework Agreement
• Dehcho First Nations Interim Measures Agreement
• Dehcho Process Interim Resource Development Agreement

Northwest Territory Metis Nation

• South Slave Metis Framework Agreement and Interim Measures Agreement – Name Change Amendment  
• South Slave Metis Tribal Council Interim Measures Agreement - see name change amendment    
• South Slave Metis Framework Agreement – see name change amendment