Resource-leasing Options and the Settlement of Aboriginal Claims

"Canada's North is at an uncertain point in its history. Native groups are negotiating claims to the land they have occupied for centuries. At the same time, resource development companies are eyeing these lands for the riches they hold. A conflict of interest is evident as resource development in Canada's North threatens native assertions to property rights....Several such precedents are examined in this work. Natural resource agreements in the Third World; mineral-leasing developments on tribal lands in the United States and on Indian lands in the Canadian provinces; resource agreements entered into by native groups that do not have proprietary rights; and the development of aboriginal land claims in Australia, Alaska, and Quebec provide the context to examine the land claims controversy" -- Introduction p. 5.