Note, Preventing a Pipeline to Nowhere: The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act as a Model for Resolving the Unsettled Land Claims of the First Nations of Canada
By Matthew J. Prieksat, February 8, 2012
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A pipeline to deliver natural gas from Alaska to the lower forty-eight states would stretch through Canada, and unsettled land claims in Canada are preventing such a line from being created. The author discusses the issues with using negotiations to settle these claims, and proposes legislation settling all claims at once be utilized instead.
