Most of the major Indian claims have been filed, lawyers for tribes say.
But he had an angle with the Indian claim.
Even with statehood, questions concerning land titles continued because of Indian claims.
The decision is expected to have a sweeping impact on similar Indian claims across Canada.
The main issue is whether there is enough "cultural affiliation" so an Indian claim can be established.
"Four years from now the Federal Government is doing away with all Indian claims," he said.
No explanation has been provided for how this property could be titled before Indian claims were extinguished.
A3 Brazil delayed a decision on Indian claims to vast areas of land.
In the Indian claim, the two armies would be separated from each other by the highest mountains in the world.
That was the largest judgment ever entered against the United States on an Indian claim.