| 1977 |
The Labrador Inuit
Association (LIA) files a statement of claim with the Government
of Canada (Canada), entitled "A Statement of Claim to
Certain Rights in the Land and Sea-Ice in Northern Labrador". |
| 1978 |
Canada accepts Labrador
Inuit land claim for negotiation. |
| 1980 |
The Government of
Newfoundland and Labrador (Newfoundland and Labrador), at the
invitation of Canada, agrees to participate in the negotiation of
the Labrador Inuit land claim. |
| 1984 |
Canada selects Labrador
Inuit land claim for active negotiation. |
| 1990 |
A framework agreement
outlining the agenda, process and timetable for land claim
Agreement-in-Principle (AIP) negotiations is signed in November. |
| 1992 |
Parks Canada, LIA and
Newfoundland and Labrador announce a joint public study to assess
feasibility of creating a national park in the Torngat Mountains
region of northern Labrador. |
| 1996 |
Final study
report concludes that a national park in the Torngat Mountains is
feasible. |
| 1996 |
The Minister of Indian
Affairs and Northern Development, the Premier of Newfoundland and
Labrador and the President of the LIA agree in July to "fast
track" land claim negotiations. |
| 1999 |
The AIP is initialled
by chief negotiators and recommended to their respective parties
for ratification in May. |
| 1999 |
The LIA membership
ratifies the AIP in July. |
| 2000 |
Tripartite
community-based land selection negotiations commence in April. |
| 2000 |
The LIA and
Newfoundland and Labrador sign the Memorandum of Understanding on
Interim Measures Related to the Proposed Torngat Mountains
National Park Reserve in June. |
| 2001 |
Land selection
negotiations conclude in March. |
| 2001 |
The LIA,
Newfoundland and Labrador, and Canada sign the AIP on June 25. |
| 2001 |
Negotiations
begin between Parks Canada and LIA, and Parks Canada and
Newfoundland and Labrador, on agreements to establish the National
Park Reserve. |
| 2001 |
The LIA,
Newfoundland and Labrador, and Canada sign an Interim Measures
Agreement to protect Inuit rights and benefits negotiated in the
AIP on November 16. |
| 2002 |
The Labrador
Inuit adopt the Labrador Inuit Constitution on April 15. |
| 2002 |
The LIA,
Newfoundland and Labrador and Canada sign the Voisey’s Bay
Interim Measures Agreement; the LIA sign an Inuit Impacts and
Benefits Agreement with Voisey’s Bay Nickel Company Limited and
Inco Limited; the LIA, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada and the
Labrador Innu Nation sign the Voisey’s Bay Environmental
Management Agreement in July. |
| 2003 |
Negotiators for
the LIA, Newfoundland and Labrador and Canada initial the Labrador
Inuit Land Claims Agreement (Agreement) on August 29. |
| 2003 |
Labrador Inuit
Park Impacts and Benefits Agreement between Parks Canada and LIA,
formalizing their relationship with respect to the National Park
Reserve, concluded in November. |
| 2004 |
The Labrador Inuit
ratify the Agreement with the support of 76.4 per cent of eligible
voters with an 86 per cent turnout on May 26. |
| 2004 |
The Labrador Inuit
Land Claims Agreement Act, which gives effect to the Agreement
was passed and received Royal Assent in the Newfoundland and
Labrador House of Assembly on December 6. |
| 2004 |
Memorandum of Agreement
for a National Park Reserve in the Torngat Mountains between Parks
Canada and Newfoundland and Labrador concluded in December,
setting out the terms and conditions by which lands required for
the National Park Reserve will be transferred to Canada. |
| 2005 |
Canada and Newfoundland
and Labrador sign the Land Transfer Agreement; Canada and the LIA
sign the Labrador Inuit Park Impacts and Benefits Agreement; LIA,
Newfoundland and Labrador and Canada sign the Agreement on January
22. |
