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No. 10963 4t446. .* ti4 Celebrating 15 years - ---r- - Wednesday September 16, \2009 Okarahshona kenh Onkwehonwene, Six Nations of the Grand I - Band council lawsuit hampers talks Dundalk, ON, Canada Hidenosaunee Six Nations band council 7J; lawsuit may force Canada Q s Places To Grow - from negotiation table Plan r By Lynda Powless Editor Six Nations band councils relaunched trust account lawsuit Toronto against Canada may end up shutting down the now three year L ;, ON, Canada a old Six Nations land rights negotiations just as Confederacy a and Ontario are pushing for a mediator to move the talks .0 Mississauga along. - ivn t At the same time Elected Chief nailing a split in the Six Nations r f without joint negotiations that have kept all 7 Bill Montour has also, f" Confederacy consultation, sent a parties at the negotiating table and Waterloo, ON, Canad r letter to Prime Minister Stephen saw the agreement to return the Y c, i, -...15 Harper demanding a tripàrty meet- Burtch property, the first lands to ing between the federal govern- be returned to Six Nations in gen- erations, and resulting federal in- t o ment, Ontario and his band council Hamilton only. vestments in- Six Nations water The backdoor move may be sig- (Continued page 2) II i! L` Six Nations Band Council signs g03 p Brantford t / 1 TY . Minimal development land accord with Brant County L in red inne PO By Lynda Powless & Jessica Smith .lcétircl rÍ :le clrrl7litrnt Writers ft t r' f '. t Cayuga, ON, Canada i L Six Nations Band Council has signed what it is calling a Dunnville, ON, De Green Energy Economic Accord with Brant County to de- r velop unceded Six Nations lands with elected chief Bill Mon- 'Jr J tour warning the Confederacy "its lead, follow or get out of along the way." Six Nations Band Council';s proposed Green Energy Economic Accord would allow development Hwy 403 within the red zone of the Confederacy's Haudenosaunee Places to Grow Green Plan. That zone The move comes a year after Six Grow Plan that includes develop- calls for minimal development Neither the band or county consulted with Confederaacy. Nations Confederacy Council de- ment of all lands . along the veloped the Six Nations Places to (Continued on page 3) pride and fiery >P Olympic torch stokes.warm Inside McDonald's aboriginals ) protest among Local 2 i .. ci think the world was falling in because 6 "Listening to these people, you'd Editorial C »Ja bI cups Sports 8 of the Olympics," Six Nations Chief Bill Montour. "They seem to be 16 Car Care to everything, including the Lord's Business Directory . 19 opposed Classified 21 $3449. Prayer." Careers 22 T` ROD MICKLEBURGH "It might be cold, but I want to be Price $1.25 i. Lb and Mail ready to go," said Chief Littlechild, ÿ . : Daily news updates Globe , C.ß} " Canadian Press a member of the Truth and Recon- www.theturtleislandnews.com rl` r - His date with destiny is months ciliation Commission into the 1 a 1> away, but 65 -year old Chief Wilton tragedy of native residential V II . 1 a: Littlechild has already started train- schools. - Im ing for his 300 -metre run with the "When I grasp the torch, I know I Olympic torch. Undeterred by the will be feeling the pride of repre- prospect of carrying it into the Jan- senting my people in the world uary teeth of an Alberta winter, he arena. I'm hyped." o 74470 04551 9 222 A y I aledonit couldn't be more pumped. (Continued on page 14) Elected Chief Bill Montour A I Natart Madison crib (as shown) and night table (not shown) i PACKAGE PRICE $1174. Regular Price $1474. -1 4q 7l'4YAA -.t.lr SAVE $300. ERY F ` .I+ ONE ONLY UTIQUE, :anci s VVV (includes rails to mote . o Y `I 1 convert crib to f. double bed). 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Local iÄ break in lc- Band council could be jeopardizing land return, talks and Nathan Gage CHIA'," I commenced any 'land nouns to the negotiations to final- complished In the past three years velop properties on (COmhrn dfott:footo ) the south side Montour tells Confederacy "lead, follow or get out the way" .claim' against Canada and/or On- ire the appointment a media- with negotiations moving a plant and arena of of downtown Colborne Street Matt reran= (Continued from from) S.N.QEE.A., and how Moth own. tario w the Canadian ware" um facilitator. "desultory pace and the basic s re makeup the Nathan Gage reare that Federal representative Ron Doer - ership could be used to give the He said, -We have consistently as- The Six Nations band council has sues remain unsolved. The entire is a validated claim under Canada's Heldimand Tract with green zones ing HHMHItHHCHhay g,andse. lands acquired an economic nod that the courts do been engaged in a series of predictable is that .d to both Mohawk Mac- Goren fail. result town- land claim process, for environmentally rich develop eerie vantage through such ownershi of hand jmiadictlo m determine negotiations and legal action ions are growing in the Six Na- The aroma, are also under ne- meet v Naughton, and elected chief Bill arranger..." said the tions community and in our gotiation at the Six Nalwml law Ironically the Haudenosaunee 0o- M while federal The agreement also says the two adjacent neighboring denosaunee land a governmentt is determined to re- municipal, rights 1aä0 whee c nylon institute, 10.0.14 Cwada did acknowledge pees will explore the possibility solve Sin Nations land rights Six Na- Council ""t of using the Tax incentive Zones ' Ile accused the federal govern- reins has never paid 'Man" by negotiation, the band council been for the Mat developed tbe -Floc to Grow" ment respectful andd tiger provincial' I and federal lawsuit may pull the plug. of talking of ne- lands. Green Pian" has yet to M mod 1 egrsaI ontoenw ruge d ev I np- go[iations and just ice the -The properties are in downtown Doming says Canada is prepared aeons izedbyOntanoandC'enade. media but not engaging in it when area that with to continue with theorist, nego- the city, help, the Instead, HDI director Hazel Hill federal negotiator TBt[o e +¡gong the accoraw the in spite of band council's tbe consistently YMCA and Laurier Brantford plan says the HDI, the people, arc owe. Brant lowly Fire Statice H Paris bapmm.k that Canada's partic- .says, we "agree to disagree." Ile to build a $40-million athletic and being criminalized for protecting said 0cse actions do not thetwocouvcils Sold an modern ipation will now be by: "give con- recreational complex. the lands and developing Green governed r meeting to discuss the lands in -Negotiations continuing without fdence to the Six Nations comma- liaudenosace Development In- Plans tint ate now being hijacked w question, but did not disclose tbe prejudice to the litigation, nky" taro (HDI) director Hazel Hill by the bend council 1',smI substance of that meeting. I -Negotiation in single He said "significant progress has sand the city had already been put Fleeted Chief Bill Montour sign. i knew( the Bev Crawford, not been made," adds After singing under any 0ìr- and the land on notice by the HDI. what his council calls the Six Na- I "C.adawill not Ron Doering Mohawk Chief of Six Nations questioned why negotiate resolution issues are not a aerie for the fed- She said band council did not Green Energy c Ac- reams. the Allen. MacNaughmn there were no members of the Con- die nature endand atop of our rele- oral government Ile says ...only hold discussions of de same c aims dr gee., in with Confederacy cordins (S.N.G.E.E.A.) with Brant nature urscio- against Canada for almost 20 federacy Council Present "Are two sepaute forums. Canada will ring. We apparent mandate is to keep the sit- representatives before .sending the County Mayor Ron Eddy Thursday stand that you may have some years, nation calm and keep hope alive." Nathan they going to sign this document ' Gage letter. that promises to acquire and de- wt. for damne purr ria prao Reeled Rill Montour and Brant County Ron Eddy.sign accord Wham hp Jim C Powlesq with the by the Six Nations threatened root he asked "Has this been Mot Row mein of the Welland Canal lhnd ea aC".