Inuvik is the only town in the Inuvik Region,and the third largest community in Canada's Northwest Territories. Located in what is sometimes called the Beaufort Delta Region,it serves as its administrative and service centre and is home to federal,territorial,and Indigenous government offices,along with the regional hospital and airport.
Aklavik is a hamlet located in the Inuvik Region of the Northwest Territories,Canada. Until 1961,with a population over 1,500,the community served as the regional administrative centre for the territorial government.
Antony David John Penikett is a mediator and negotiator and former politician in Yukon,Canada,who served as the third premier of Yukon from 1985 to 1992.
Piers McDonald,OC is a Yukon politician and businessman. Born in Kingston,Ontario,McDonald,originally a miner by profession,is a long-time MLA,Cabinet minister,and the fifth premier of Yukon. He was leader of the Yukon New Democratic Party from 1995 to 2000.
The Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly,or Legislative Council of the Northwest Territories,is the legislature and the seat of government of Northwest Territories in Canada. It is a unicameral elected body that creates and amends law in the Northwest Territories. Permanently located in Yellowknife since 1993,the assembly was founded in 1870 and became active in 1872 with the first appointments from the Government of Canada.
Nick G. Sibbeston is a Canadian retired politician,serving from 1985 to 1987 as the fourth premier of the Northwest Territories.
In Canada,an Indian band or band,sometimes referred to as a First Nation band or simply a First Nation,is the basic unit of government for those peoples subject to the Indian Act. Bands are typically small groups of people:the largest in the country,the Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation had 22,294 members in September 2005,and many have a membership below 100 people. Each First Nation is typically represented by a band council chaired by an elected chief,and sometimes also a hereditary chief. As of 2013,there were 614 bands in Canada. Membership in a band is controlled in one of two ways:for most bands,membership is obtained by becoming listed on the Indian Register maintained by the government. As of 2013,there were 253 First Nations which had their own membership criteria,so that not all status Indians are members of a band.
James L. Antoine is a former politician from the Northwest Territories,Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories from 1991 to 2003. During his time in office he led the Northwest Territories government as the eighth premier of the Northwest Territories from 1998 to 2000. He has also served as Chief of the Liidlii Kue First Nation on four occasions from the 1970s to present.
Edmonton was a territorial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Northwest Territories,Canada.
David Krutko is a retired territorial level politician in Northern Canada and a former speaker of the Northwest Territories legislature.
Michael McLeod is a Canadian politician,currently serving as a member of Parliament representing the Northwest Territories. He was first elected in the 2015 Canadian federal election,unseating Dennis Bevington,who was the incumbent New Democratic Party MP for the riding. McLeod was a former member of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories,Canada,as well as the former mayor of Fort Providence.
Vince Steen was a politician. He served as a municipal councilor of Tuktoyaktuk and later became mayor. Afterwards he was also a member of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories. Prior to politics he was also civil servant,heavy equipment operator and a licensed watercraft operator.
Robert Arthur Alexie was a Canadian First Nations novelist and a land claim negotiator who played a key role in land claim agreements in the Northwest Territories.
The 2011 Northwest Territories general election was held on October 3,2011. Nineteen members were returned to the 17th Legislative Assembly from single member districts conducted under first-past-the-post voting system.
Frederick Blake Jr. is a First Nations Canadian politician,who was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories in the 2011 election. He represents the electoral district of Mackenzie Delta.
The Arctic Council Indigenous Peoples’Secretariat (IPS) is a secretariat for the six international indigenous organizations affiliated with the eight-nation Arctic Council. The IPS does not represent indigenous peoples or their organizations,but assists those organizations in presenting their causes,and helps to disseminate information among them. IPS was established in 1994 under the auspices of the Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy (AEPS). It was around the same time that the category of Permanent Participants was being developed and applied to the three indigenous peoples’organizations then observers in the AEPS. When the Arctic Council was established in 1996,both the Permanent Participants and IPS was reinserted into the new intergovernmental framework. Since commencing business in 1994,the role of the secretariat has been to facilitate contributions from the Permanent Participants to the cooperation of the eight Arctic states and to assist the Permanent Participants in performing,mainly communicational task.
Roger T. Allen in Aklavik,Northwest Territories,from Gwich'in First Nations,is a Canadian former cross-country skier who competed in the 1972 Winter Olympics and a former territorial-level politician from Northwest Territories,Canada.
Paul Aarulaaq Quassa is a Canadian politician who served as the fourth premier of Nunavut from November 2017 to June 2018. He served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut,representing Aggu from 2013 until 2021.
The Gwichʼin Tribal Council is a First Nations organization representing the Gwichʼin people in the Mackenzie River Delta of the Northwest Territories. It was created in 1992 with the final ratification of the Gwichʼin Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement with the Government of Canada. Negotiations to achieve a Final Agreement,and thus,Gwichʼin self-government,are ongoing.
The Inuvik Native Band is a Gwich'in First Nations band government in the Northwest Territories. The band is located in Inuvik,a mixed community where First Nations,Inuit,and non-Indigenous people live in approximately equal numbers. It received official recognition as a Native band by the Canadian government in 1982.
