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12th Annual S Police charity golf tournament ...See Page 20 Okarahshona kenh Onkwehonwene, Six Nations of the Grand Wednesday August 13, 2008 Six ations Band council supports By Lynda Powlessdevelopers Editor An unsual move by the Six ations Band council may have inadvertedly endangered the ongoing land rights negotia- tions led by the Confederacy council, says a technical working committee member. Six Nations band council has, continue development in the tract without the support of the Six Na- by paying Six Nations a portion of tions Confederacy council, joined the city of Brantford municipal the ranks of a loosely knit coalition taxes, that would be set aside from of Brantford businessmen seeking their developments. to continue development on Six Those tax dollars, they had pro- Nations land. posed would be repaid by Six Na- The business group, that calls it- tions after Six Nations successfully self the Haldimand Tract Good settled its land claim negotiations. Neighbours Coalition, proposed to (Continued on page 3) Meanwhile: Brantford wants Six ations protesters jailed By Jamie Lewis Ardoch Algonquin First Nations, Special to Turtle Island ews case in which the Court of Appeal BRATFORD-The City of Brant- ruled jailing of the First Nations Fledgling artist Thomas Gooder of Hamilton stands in awe of the LauraLee Harris painting on wood of fish ford has filed a Motion in Superior leaders had been too harsh for civil and native couple swimming in water at the Seven Generation Art Festival held last weekend at the Wood- Court to have protesters found in disobedience. land Cultural Centre. The Harris exhibition is on display until September 28th. More of this story on page contempt of the City's by-law that The ruling said in part; 6 (Photo by Edna J. Gooder) prohibits Six Nations from protest- "Having regard to the clear line of ing at various development sites. Supreme Court jurisprudence, from The city is seeking not only mon- Sparrow to Mikisew, where consti- B.C. gives city of Beijing gift of cedar arches etary compensation but wants the tutionally protected aboriginal protesters jailed. rights are asserted, injunctions gracing pavilion The move comes on the heels of a sought by private parties to protect By Stephanie Levitz thank you to the city of Beijing and also hope will be symbolic of the recent Court of Appeal decision in THE CAADIA PRESS thank you to the Beijing organizing gateway between Canada and the Frontenac Ventures Corp and (Continued on page 3) BEIJIG - Iconic American China,’’ Campbell said.``It is cul- golden arches have graced Beijing tural gateway, it is a trading gate- for years and now 13 Canadian way, it is an Olympic gateway Inside ones will take a place among them. which says we are friends and we Local . 2 The British Columbia government can build a better future together.’’ Editorial . 4 has given the city the set of red The arches frame the entrance way 7 Sports . .. cedar arches gracing a multi-mil- of the B.C. Canada Pavilion, a $14 Back to School . ..11 lion dollar centre just off Tianan- million space funded by govern- Careers . 17 men Square. ment and private business as a Business Directory...........18 In giving the gift of the arches, business and tourism showpiece Classified . 19 which cost almost $3 million, B.C. for the months around the Premier Gordon Campbell said the Olympics. Price $1.25 province wanted to recognize the The first floor features an interac- Daily news updates special relationship between tive display about B.C., including www.theturtleislandnews.com Canada and China. committee for the great hospitality aboriginal drums for people to play “We wanted to leave a legacy of you have shown us throughout.’’ and a simulated flight over the our time here in Beijing with you Campbell said he hopes the arches province, while there’s meeting and the people of Beijing,’’ B.C. also signify a stronger relationship space on the second floor. Premier Gordon Campbell told the between the two countries. Since the pavilion opened in May, city’s vice mayor Chen Gang at a “This space, which is embraced by dozens of business agreements 282 Argyle St. ceremony on Saturday. 13 arches representing Canada’s 10 have been signed between Cana- Caledonia “These wood arches a way to say provinces and three territories, we dian and Chinese companies. 2 August 13, 2008 WWW.THETURTLEISLADEWS.COM RECYCLE THIS Watch our Turtle ewscasts! Podcasting ! EWSPAPER We’re streaming native news all the time! BrantfordLocal Developer meets with Haudenosaunee Men's Fire By Jamie Lewis and ers, of not responding to develop- him a year ago and explained the being used. Mr. Charest is trying to Lynda Powless ers. process, but he chose not to follow find a way around the Confederacy OHSWEKEN-Brantford developer “The HDI is lacking in responding the process. process. If he wanted to follow the Steve Charest will undertake addi- with developers or the protocols She said his lawyer had contacted process he would have followed it tional water tests at his $500 mil- that will be used, he said. the HDI but only looked at a tena- a year ago when he came to us,” lion industrial and commercial "My lawyer and HDI and Aaron tive land use agreement. she said. development on Oak Park Road Detler have been corresponding to She said we “had to contact him to She said, “It’s not unusal for non- after consulting Sunday, with a Six arrange a meeting, to date there has find out who we are suppose to be native institutions, governments or Nations group calling itself the been no meeting," he said. talking to. He sent his lawyer, then industry to undermine our Haudenosaunee Men's Fire . “I have sent email after email to Drew Hill. We didn’t know who processes and government and About 40 Six Nations men met HDI to come up with a protocol to we were suppose to be meeting people by trying to create doubt in with Charest for about two hours deal with us, there is still no agree- with.” our peoples minds and divisions. at the old Council House Sunday. ment, HDI and Detler do not see Hill said she is concerned individ- That is what is happening here.” The same group had shut down what a protocol should be," ual groups at Six Nations meeting She said she reminded the Men’s Charest’s King and Benton site, charged Charest. seperately with developers could Council the HDI is a government formerly a gravel pit, last Tuesday He claimed in a return email the be involving themselves in a con- office created by Confederacy. saying they were concerned PCBs HDI said a meeting was not needed sultation process without their “For him (Charest)to use the and contaminants on the site were at this time. Charest said he has knowledge. word consultation is concerning being released into the environ- been waiting since October 2007. “It is undermining the process of and our people should be con- ment. However, HDI spokesperson in- our Confederacy government when cerned with that.” The protesters said the contamina- terim director Hazel Hill said she they do that,” she said. She said it She said while Charest may be en- tion could be leaching into a is not aware of any consulation gives developers an edge. gaged in a process with the “Men’s nearby aquifer that drains into the process between Six Nations and “It allows developers to bypass the Council,” “we need to remember Grand River. The lands, they said, Charest, despite Charest’s claims. Confederacy. What is happening is the final say has to come through are also part of Six Nations land She said the HDI has been dele- Charest is bypassing the process the process of the Confederacy claims. gated to deal with developers. She of consultation set up by the Con- chiefs council. For anyone to be Charest said, after the meeting, said Charest had been in touch federacy, by going to other groups meeting or appearing to give con- that he had “fallen short in consul- with the HDI a year ago and failed and people rather than following sultation, that’s the same thing the tation with Six Nations.” to follow through with the process. the process outlined by the Con- Crown has done through the band Charest said he had looked at the She said only after work was federacy, by our government, to council for years.” Supreme Court decision that says stopped at his site last week did he power his way through, and keep During the meeting, the Men's Fire government has a duty to accom- recontact HDI . building.” said it would need time to go over modate, consult and negotiate with “He(Charest) was aware of the She accused Charest of trying to material that was presented. No Native lands."I looked at the deci- process, and he chose not to follow force a rubber stamp process. “He date has been set to meet with sion and felt that in consultation through with it and continued with thought he would get a rubber Charest. with Six Nations I have fallen development and his Good Neigh- stamp, here’s the application, pay The Men’s meeting said it wanted short," he said. bours Group,” she said. your fee and go. That’s not what soil samples from each of the large "With the Confederacy I felt we She said he emailed the HDI last our process is about. We have to piles of alleged contaminated soil have had a relationship and the week, “and I reminded him where look at the project.

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