Source: CBC News

A deal between Ottawa and northern aboriginal people has put 3.3 million hectares of canyons, waterfalls, forest and tundra in the Northwest Territories firmly on the road to becoming Canada's next national park.

"The integrity of the ecosystem is what we're interested in protecting," said Steve Nitah, chief of the Lutsel K'e Dene, who signed the agreement Wednesday with Environment Minister Jim Prentice. "Our culture, our language and our spirituality is connected to the land and the integrity of the land is directly connected to our people's future."

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