Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.latimes.news From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: World IN BRIEF CANADA Inuit Endorse Pact for Vast Homeland Date: Sat, 14 Nov 92 08:11:37 EST Message-ID: HEADLINE: World IN BRIEF CANADA Inuit Endorse Pact for Vast Homeland Publication Date: Friday November 13, 1992 BYLINE: The Inuit of Canada have approved a historic land claims agreement that will make them the world's largest private landlords. A native political group said that 69% of the 8,000 Inuit, or Eskimos, who voted last week supported the agreement that took 17 years to negotiate with Ottawa. The agreement gives the natives clear title to 850,000 square miles, an area five times the size of California, in northwestern Canada. Ratification by the Parliament in Ottawa is needed before the new territory comes into existence in 1999. This article is copyright 1992 The Los Angeles Times Home Edition. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM