<Li> The creation of three federally funded national parks; </Li> <Li> Capital transfer payments of $1.9 billion over 15 years and a $13 million Training Trust Fund for the establishment of the Government of Nunavut; </Li> <P> In 1973 the Inuit Tapirisat of Canada (ITC) began research on Inuit land use and occupancy in the Arctic . Three years later in 1976 the ITC put forward the idea of creating a Nunavut Territory and the federal Electoral Boundaries Commission that recommended dividing the Northwest Territories into two electoral districts: the Western Arctic (now the Northwest Territories) and Nunatsiaq (now Nunavut). The Tunngavik Federation of Nunavut (TFN) negotiated the land claims agreement with the federal government in 1982 . Voting in the Northwest Territories determined the creation of Nunavut with a passing vote of 56% . The TFN and representatives from the federal and territorial governments signed the land claims agreement - in - principle in 1990 . In 1992 the TFN and federal negotiators agreed on the substantive portions of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement . On May 25, 1993, Paul Quassa, then president of the Tunngavik Federation of Nunavut and Brian Mulroney, then Prime Minister of Canada signed the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement . On July 9, 1993 the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement and Nunavut Act were adopted by the Parliament of Canada and received Royal Assent . In 1998, amendments to the Nunavut Act were adopted by parliament and received Royal Assent . In 1999 on April 1, Nunavut with an independent government became a reality . </P> <P> Since the NLCA was signed in 1993, there have been implemented amendments . 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 Claim Agreement were changed . On March 1, 2002, schedule 29 - 3 (negotiation loans payment) of the Nunavut Land Claim Agreement was replaced . </P>

Who won the right to nunavut in 1999