"He's portrayed settled land on the right and wilderness on the left and it's essentially his manifesto to preserve the wilderness, to not lose sight of the beauty and spiritual importance of the wilderness as we rush to settle the land, " said Kornhauser.
And so thousands of migrants simply ignored the law and settled illegally on vacant land.
Oil and ranching land, settled by conservatives from Texas and Oklahoma.
But the Liberals largely ignored its recommendations, including the suggestion that land claims be settled by a tribunal composed of both aboriginal and non-aboriginal members, rather than by the courts.
In June 1999, only 41 restitution claims had been settled, through the return of land, financial compensation, or both.
The American frontier was settled by illegal immigrants who squatted on land that technically belonged to absentee East Coast landlords.
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This promotes linguistic diversification, probably at a rate much greater than Dr Nichols's estimate of 5, 000-8, 000 years per stock. (Her figures are based on data from well-settled areas.) Once the new land's carrying capacity has been reached, however, the growth of one group often comes at the expense of others.
When the U.S expanded westward beyond the Alleghenies in the early 19th century, the topographical engineers, whose task was to survey the land into townships and sections before it was settled, immediately followed the fur trappers.
The paintings and panoramas repeatedly document the contrast between developed land surrounding the urban Thames and the more recently settled Hudson Valley.
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To add to New York's island woes, on April 1st a Supreme Court arbitrator recommended that a 170-year dispute with New Jersey over control of Ellis Island, the immigrant gateway that New York has long thought of as its own, should be settled by dividing the island in two with New Jersey getting most of the land.
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