New owners in their own land :

"New Owners in their Own Land carefully examines the prolonged historical dispute over the land selection process and subsurface rights in Nunavut, starting with the early resource development and oil and gas exploration in Canada's Arctic during the 1960's, through to the battle for Inuit self-determination.
McPherson outlines the federal government's "business-as-usual" tactic in pushing exploration further north onto Inuit territory and sheds light on exactly how the precendent-setting agreement was achieved whereby the Inuit managed to become owners of the mineral claims on their own land.
As a mineral consultant to the Inuit negotiators, McPherson draws on fascinating personal accounts, interviews, and meticulous research to consider the institutional, political, and personal conflicts that guided the process of Nunavut land claim negotiations,
Covering the land claim negotiation period between 1980 and 1990, New Owners in their Own Land addresses and important piece of Canadian history ad provides a unique perspective on Inuit self-determination and exploration history in the North." --Provided by publisher