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LAND CLAIMS
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They’re banking on Main. Architects purchase building for offices
Winnipeg Free Press, Wednesday, January 31, 2007
"The blighted stretch of Main got a noticeable boost in 2005, when the former Occidental Hotel was purchased and cleaned up by local developer Richard Walls, who renamed the space the Red Road Lodge."
Militancy brewing amongst First Nations, former premier warns
National Post, Tuesday, April 24, 2007
" 'Here are the facts: There’s hardly a road, a railroad line, a transmission line or oil pipeline that doesn’t go through some disputed territory. There are a million native Canadians with the highest birthrate in the country and very high unemployment rate, and you know, these kids are learning they are victims,' Mr. [David] Peterson said."
Undermining the rule of law
National Post, Tuesday, April 24, 2007, p. A14
"Native stand-offs at Caledonia and Deseronto in Ontario are dangerous because they flout this concept… Courts order aboriginal barricades down, but squatters and protestors persist, and police and politicians do nothing."
Uranium hearing at impasse
Kingston Whig-Standard, Friday, August 3, 2007
"We made proposals, we tried to be creative. It was all ‘No way, you can’t even walk on our property, you can’t even look at birds on the property…' "
Algonquins staying put: lawyer
Kingston Whig-Standard, Friday, August 24, 2007
"Attempts to forcibly remove a group of Algonquins who are blocking access to a uranium exploration site near Sharbot Lake will be met with violence, one of the group’s lawyers warned yesterday."
OPP hesitates after judge’s ruling – Police take no immediate action on uranium mine blockade, Kingston Kingston Whig-Standard, Wednesday, August 29, 2007
"The hour-long meeting … was held in the form of a traditional First Nations pipe ceremony and telling circle, a native tradition that is meant to provide courage and encourage people to speak the truth."
OPP boss testifies in hearing – Case against Mohawk protester may proceed to trial
Kingston Whig-Standard, Thursday, August 30, 2007
"… he was charged with uttering death threats at a Deseronto protest last November to leading a group of Mohawk protesters that obstructed the main CN rail line in April…"
Sacrificial Lambs at the Altar of Ipperwash
National Post, Wednesday, January 30, 2008, p. A14/A15
"The situation is not getting better. In fact, in some respects it is regressing. An illegal smoke shack has now appeared in the town at the end of Argyle Street… It is on land owned by Haldimand County. No one does anything about it."
From hope to hard feelings: Rift grows between B.C., natives
Globe and Mail, Saturday, March 1, 2008, p. A7
"They blocked us in, eh. They said they were going to deactivate the road and leave us there. There were also threats. They mentioned guns if we did anything to the logs that were across the road…"
Hey, it’s just Indian country
Globe and Mail, Thursday, March 6, 2008, p. A21
"Like other reserves across the country, the Sakimay First Nation, near Regina, has no such thing as matrimonial property rights. Canadian laws protecting women don’t apply on reserves."
Ruling rejects natives’ Edmonton claim
Globe and Mail, Friday, April 4, 2008, p. A4
" 'Our people are upset and are very emotional. Now we are very emotional. Now we are angry,' Ms. Lameman said… from the parking lot of the sprawling South Edmonton Common big-box shopping development… 'Of course this is a blow, but I am going to regroup with my people and we will more forward from there… Of course there is always the international arena. Take a look at the Tibetans and what China has done to them.' "
Ont. minister wants deadline to resolve Caledonia dispute
CBC.ca, Thursday, May 15, 2008
"We are in the midst of a 200-year-old dispute and the frustration in the communities is escalating..."
Bands step off the reserve
National Post, Friday, November 20, 2009, p. A1/A10
"Two northwestern British Columbia native groups have made unprecedented moves to break free from decades of economic dependency."