nation
a relatively large group of people organized under a single, usually independent government; the government of a sovereign state; a country; a people who share common customs, origins, history and frequently language; a nationality

native
existing in or belonging to one by nature; innate (native ability) being such by birth or origin (a native Scot, a native Canadian); being one's own because of the place or circumstances of one's birth (our native land); originating, growing, or produced in a certain place or region; indigenous (a plant native to Asia); of, belonging to, or characteristic of the original inhabitants of a particular place; occurring in nature pure or uncombined with other substances (native copper); natural; unaffected (native beauty); closely related, as by birth or race; one born in or connected with a place by birth (a native of Scotland now living in Canada); one of the original inhabitants or lifelong residents of a place
natively,nativeness

nevertheless
in spite of that; after all; regardless; in spite of everything to the contrary; everything else having been considered; ultimately; however (her childish but nevertheless real delight); howbeit



New France.(now Quebec)
included Canada and was the French empire in North America. By 1750 fur traders had expanded it in the northwest, although wars with the British had reduced it in the east. Isle Royale was the remnant of French Acadia, most of which the British ruled as Nova Scotia. The French still maintained forts in the part west of the Bay of Fundy (cross hatched area). The actual French settlement was largely limited to present day Nova Scotia, Québec province, Illinois and Louisiana; French influence extended farther through alliances with the indigenous nations for trade and defense

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New Zealand
a proper central government with an elective parliament and a cabinet was established with the signing of the country's first constitution in 1852 (*)


nonetheless
nevertheless

Northwest Territories
In 1869 the Hudson's Bay Company agreed to sell to the British owned 'Dominion of Canada', its northern territories Rupert's Land and The North Western Territory (a territory is a self governing part of a nation not having provincial status), which together became the Northwest Territories. In 1870 the Dominion of Canada acquired the vast region of Rupert's Land and The North Western Territory from the Hudson's Bay Company. This area, which included present day Saskatchewan, was renamed the Northwest Territories.

The Northwest Territories was at one time about twice its present size; the term.Northwest Territories.was originally applied to all of the present area plus what are now the provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. It also included the Yukon Territory and the northern regions of Québec and Ontario, as well as the area now known as Nunavut.(which is Canada's 3rd territory, the others being Northwest Territories and Yukon Territory). For many years the Hudson's Bay Company enjoyed a trading monopoly over this entire region. In 1870, the company was paid to cede these lands to the British Government's Dominion of Canada administration. In 1905 two other regions, now known as Saskatchewan and Alberta, had sufficient population to warrant their establishment as provinces. The present boundaries of the Northwest Territories were set in 1912 when the boundaries of Manitoba, Ontario and Québec were extended northward.


notwithstanding
in spite of.(they traveled on notwithstanding the storm; she remarried notwithstanding the death of her husband); despite; nevertheless.(they will do it notwithstanding)



nullify, nullified, nullifying, nullifies
make void; to bring to nothing by depriving of effectiveness; invalidate; bring to nothing; neutralize
nullification, nullifier, null
not binding; of no value or effect 

Nunavut
is a large territory (a territory is a self-governing part of a nation not having provincial status) in the Northwest Territories area of Canada. The area, currently the central and eastern part of the Northwest Territories, covers about about 772,000 square miles (about 2 million square kilometers) and comprises one fifth of Canada's land mass. The new territory will be, in effect, a homeland for the Inuit, the original inhabitants of the region. They make up about 85 percent of the region's estimated 1995 population of 24,900. This newly created territory (the older others being the Northwest Territories and Yukon Territory) resulted from a land claim settlement between the government and the Inuit (means 'the real people'). Nunavut means 'Our Land' in the Inuit language.

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