Inuit Settlement Opens Door To Artic Resources
Rick Grant of the CBC reports on the agreement to form a new, self-governing territory in the Canadian North, where the population is largely Inuit. It’s the largest Native land claims settlement ever in North America, and it will open up the area’s vast mineral and petroleum deposits to development.
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