The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_of_Canada" id="mwAYs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Parliament of Canada">Parliament of Canada</a> passes the Nunavut Act leading to the 1999 creation of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nunavut" id="mwAYw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Nunavut">Nunavut</a>, dividing the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Territories" id="mwAY0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Northwest Territories">Northwest Territories</a> into arctic (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inuit" id="mwAY4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Inuit">Inuit</a>) and sub-arctic (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dene" id="mwAY8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Dene">Dene</a>) lands based on a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982_Northwest_Territories_division_plebiscite" id="mwAZA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1982 Northwest Territories division plebiscite">plebiscite</a>.