Sahtu Dene and Metis Land Claim Settlement Act

WHEREAS the Slavey, Hare and Mountain Dene of the Sahtu region have traditionally used and occupied lands in the Northwest Territories from time immemorial;WHEREAS the Constitution Act, 1982 recognizes and affirms the existing aboriginal and treaty rights of the aboriginal peoples of Canada;WHEREAS Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada and the Sahtu Dene and Metis, as represented by the Sahtu Tribal Council, undertook negotiations in order to achieve certainty and clarity of rights with respect to ownership and use of those lands and their resources;WHEREAS the Sahtu Dene and Metis, by a vote held from July 5 to 8, 1993, approved a comprehensive land claim agreement that, in exchange for the release of certain rights and claims as set out in the agreement, defines the rights that the Sahtu Dene and Metis shall have, and confirms the treaty rights that are unaffected by that release;WHEREAS Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada and the Sahtu Dene and Metis, as represented by the Sahtu Tribal Council, signed the agreement on September 6, 1993;WHEREAS the Sahtu Tribal Council by resolution approved certain amendments to the agreement on January 13 and February 11, 1994;AND WHEREAS the agreement provides that the agreement will be a land claims agreement within the meaning of section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982 and that approval by Parliament is a condition precedent to the validity of the agreement;NOW, THEREFORE, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:

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— 2019, c. 29, par. 371(2)(c)Unless the context requires otherwise, every reference to the “Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development” is, with any grammatical adaptations, to be read as a reference to the “Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs” in the following provisions:paragraph 7(a) of the Sahtu Dene and Metis Land Claim Settlement Act; — 2019, c. 29, par. 373(2)(c)Unless the context requires otherwise, every reference to the “Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development” is, with any grammatical adaptations, to be read as a reference to the “Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations” in the following provisions:the portion of section 7 of the Sahtu Dene and Metis Land Claim Settlement Act before paragraph (a);