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Resource Development on the Lands of Northern Indigenous Peoples: A Comparative Study of Land Entitlement and Compensation in Alaska, Canada and Scandinavia

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McPherson, Roger B.


May 1979

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Referenced by: ANKN Clearinghouse

Grade Level(s): 9, 10, 11, 12

Theme(s): Exploring Horizons

Excerpt:
"Resource development on northern lands has created conflicts between government policies, industrial interests and indigenous peoples over land ownership and local control of decision-making. Native organizations took political and legal action to establish land rights, to obtain greater local control, and to gain recognition of cultural pluralism."

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