[Ost-news] Ottawa and Alberta First Nation sign agreement-in-principle on $300M land claim

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Ottawa and Alta First Nation sign agreement-in-principle on $300M land claim  
Fri Oct 12, 5:42 PM 

By The Canadian Press

WABASCA, Alta. - Alberta's Bigstone Cree have signed an agreement-in-principle with the provincial and federal governments that would entitle the First Nation to almost $300 million and almost 570 square kilometres of land. 

The Bigstone are calling it the largest land-claim settlement in Alberta and one of the largest in Canada. 

The agreement means all sides will work to finalize the settlement, which stems from a treaty signed in the late 1800s.

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