Native Settlements and Native Rights: a Comparison of the Alaska Native Settlement, the James Bay Indian/inuit Settlement, and the Western Canadian Inuit Settlement
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RESUME The author describes each of three recent agreements between governments and northern native peoples, the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971, the James Bay Settlement, the COPE Agreement still in limbo. The agreements are compared in several areas, and against some potential demands from other groups researching land rights in preparation for the negotiation of claims. L'auteur décrit trois accords récents conclus entre des gouvernements et des peuples indiens du Nord: la loi sur le règlement des revendications des autochtones de l'Alaska de 1971, la convention de la Baie James de 1975, et le réglement des droits des Inuvialuit sur des terres, l'accord COPE étant toujours dans les limbes. Les accords sont compares dans différents domaines, et contre des revendications potentielles d'autres groupes participant à des recherches sur les droits sur les terres, en vue des négociations.
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