ashevak created several pieces of work to commemorate the creation of nunavut, the third canadian territory, including a piece commissioned by the department of indian and northern affairs, "nunavut qajanatuk (our beautiful land)" for the signing of the inuit land claim agreement in principle in april 1990; "nunavut", a large hand-coloured lithograph to commemorate the signing of the final agreement early in 1994; a large diptych titled "siilavut, nunavut (our environment, our land)" in april 1999, when the territory officially came into being.