New Owners in Their Own Land: Minerals and Inuit Land Claims

by Robert McPherson

Book Overview

New Owners in their Own Land is a well-researched treatment of the institutional, political, and personal conflicts that guided the process of Nunavut land claim negotiations. McPherson carefully considers the connection between resource development stemming from the days of oil and gas exploration in the Arctic in the 1960s and the Inuit's ensuing battle for self-determination. He outlines the federal government's "business-as-usual" tactic in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1552381552
• ISBN13: 9781552381557
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: University of Calgary Press
• Length: 329 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.6" x 8.9"