Today, December 1, is Nunatsiavut Day. “Nunatsiavut” means "Our Beautiful Land" in Inuktitut.
Nunatsiavut Day acknowledges the effective date of the Labrador Inuit Land Claims Agreement, which came into effect in 2005.
The Labrador Inuit Land Claims Agreement recognized Inuit ownership of 15,800 square kilometres of land and the creation of the 9,600 square kilometre Torngat Mountains National Park Reserve.
The Inuit territory of Nunatsiavut was established within the boundaries of Newfoundland and Labrador on Dec. 1, 2005. Nunatsiavut is the first of the Inuit regions in Canada to achieve self-government.