Toronto Star, May 31, 2007.
Ottawa has offered $125 million to the Six Nations to settle four land claims in exchange for an end to the longstanding Caledonia dispute. ...
One condition is that there will be no final settlement until protesters move off the former housing development site in Caledonia, he said. ...
Doering said the offer was made yesterday but the Six Nations representatives said they needed time to review it. Negotiations involving Ottawa, Queen's Park and Six Nations are to continue today. ...
Last night, a Six Nations negotiator dismissed the offer and said natives have made it clear from the start of talks they only wanted land. "The only positive thing about it is it was an offer," said Mohawk Chief Allen MacNaughton. ...
The offer involves the settlement of four of 27 existing land claims: the former Moulton township, the flooding of lands in Dunnville to accommodate the Welland Canal, the former Burtch correctional facility in Brant County and the Grand River Navigation Co. claims. ...
Doering said the offer settles legitimate land claims.
"Canada has done an assessment and feels there was a breach of some lawful obligation" involving the four claims, he said.
Natives say they reclaimed the Douglas Creek Estates in Caledonia, which the province bought from the developer for $16 million last year, over a claim involving the building of the Hamilton-Port Dover Plank Road (Hwy. 6) in 1843.
Topics: Canada, Canadian, First Nations, Aboriginal, Native, Caledonia, Grand River, Land Claim, Mohawk, Haudenosaunee
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