Archaeology in Nunavut relevant. The people selected for the group are appointed from outside the Government of Nunavut. A smaller scale project is the Oral History Project which claims "Recording and documenting the traditional knowledge and history of Elders is a priority" and help retain the Inuit Language. Archaeology in Nunavut Canada welcomed its most recent territory, Nunavut, on April 1, 1999 after it separated from the Northwest Territories. With Nunavut's separation from the Northwest Territories came a need for new regulations regarding cultural history. Nunavut has the unique experience of having a large Aboriginal community that creates strong cultural ties within the
Nunavut Land Claims Agreement 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