The Sahtu Dene and Metis Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement, signed in September 1993 by Pauline Browes, then Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, the Chiefs of the Sahtu First Nations, and the Presidents of the Métis Councils marking the resolution of the Sahtu Dene and Metis claims to the Sahtu area in Canada's Northwest Territories. The land claims agreement came into effect on June 23, 1994. This agreement is a treaty which is protected by Section 35 of the Constitution of Canada.