1.   Mohawk leaders claimed that their action had focused world attention on land compensation claims of Canadian Indians and on the poor living conditions on reservations.

2.   The federal government, in a four-point plan to improve such conditions, promised an accelerated process for settling land claims.

3.   The agreements reached at Guam also linked US land claims for defence sites to further aid.

4.   He also appealed to the federal government to address the grievances of the Indians, which included land compensation claims and poor living conditions.

5.   The existence of terra nullius was widely considered by Aboriginal groups to be a huge obstacle in the pursuit of land claims.

6.   Aberle and others cite a long-standing federal policy of resolving Indian land claims without dislodging settlers.

7.   After high school, Ms. Aglukark worked for the agency of the Northwest Territorial government that processed native land claims.

8.   Akers said from the start, Fletcher Challenge has been interested in an arrangement involving both the sale of Forestry Corp. and settlement of land claims.

9.   But it comes on the heels of another important decision in New Brunswick that cleared the way for Indians to pursue land claims in that province.

10.   But since then, conflicting land claims have made negotiating leases a nightmare.