 Leading up to the 1970s, there was some discussion of splitting the Northwest Territories into two separate jurisdictions in order to better reflect the demographic character of the territory.In 1966, a public commission of inquiry on Northwest Territories government reported, recommending against division of the Northwest Territories at the time.In 1976 as part of the land claims negotiations between the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (then called the "Inuit Tapirisat of Canada") and the federal government, the division of the Northwest Territories was discussed.