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FIRST NATION OF NACHO
NYAK DUN
Highlights of Final Agreement
Land Title
- Approximately
2408.69 square kilometres (930 square miles) of land with surface
and sub-surface title; 2330.99 square kilometres (900 square miles)
of land with surface title only but including rights to material such
as sand and gravel; and 9.27 square kilometres (3.58 square miles)
of land set aside or reserve.
Economy
- Participation
in government employment, contracting and development projects in
the traditional territory, including employment opportunities related
to heritage sites, forestry and settlement land surveying.
- Option to acquire
up to 25 per cent royalties held by Yukon government or its agencies
or corporations in future non-renewable resource development and hydro
projects in the traditional territory.
- Specific commercial
wilderness rights in commercial freshwater fishing, adventure travel,
and commercial freshwater sports fishing.
- Comprehensive
economic plan which may include preferential employment and business
initiatives for the First Nation of Nacho Nyak Dun.
Wildlife
- Subsistence harvesting
rights of moose, woodland caribou, fish, birds, etc.
Land and Resource
Management
- Agreement to
enter into negotiations with government and the Selkirk First Nation
to establish the McArthur Wildlife Sanctuary as a Special Management
Area.
- Representation
on the Peel River Advisory Committee.
- Establishment
of a wetland habitat protection area at Horseshoe Slough.
- Participation
in management of the Peel River Watershed.
Heritage
- Trading post
on Nacho Nyak Dun settlement land at Lansing will become a historic
site.
- Provisions to
nominate the Bonnet Plume River as a Canadian heritage river.
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