European settlers claimed native land in Canada since the beginning of the eighteenth-century. However, in the mid-seventeenth century, the King George's Royal Proclamation of 1763 formed the Native land rights in Canada. The land non-granted to the Hudson's Bay Company or unoccupied by settlers became reserved for the indigenous people, according to the King's Proclamation. This unilateral declaration meant that settlers ask the king's permission to acquire native land. The goal was to protect Indians and other Aboriginal people from land speculators and settlers.
Human development and large-scale exploitation of natural resources in Alaska led Native Land Claim during the mid-twentieth century. Many non-native people and oil companies moved
Human development and large-scale exploitation of natural resources in Alaska led Native Land Claim during the mid-twentieth century. Many non-native people and oil companies moved