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Nunavut emerges as Canada plans a new Inuit governed territory
The upcoming April 1 1999 creation of Nunavut will split from the Northwest Territories and place 85 percent of its 26 000 residents in Inuit governed lands. Iqaluit will become North America’s northernmost capital, while Rand McNally plans the first maps but awaits regional naming decisions.
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Toronto
North America
Nunavut
Canada
Alaska
Arctic Circle
Northwest Territories
Graham White
University of Toronto
Iqaluit
John Amagoalik
Frobisher Bay
Baffin Island
Yellowknife
Skokie
Ill
Rand McNally
Hawaii
Michael Dobson