Lac Seul First Nation members ratified an agreement concluding a long-running claim over flooding of more than 11,000 acres of reserve land without consent, lawful authority or compensation. Final compensation totaled CAD$234 million. A later signing ceremony marked the agreement's finalization. The claim concerned a direct colonial-state infrastructure harm and the loss of land and livelihood. This entry uses the ratification date, which marks community approval, rather than the later ceremony, to foreground the First Nation's decision-making role.
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