By Alex Murray Writer Plans to build over 1,000 housing units on unceded Six Nations lands along the Grand River in Brantford is sparking both anger and concerns from community members. Over 50 Six Nations community members attended the July 20th Six Nations Lands and Resources (SNLR) engagement session on a proposed Birkett Lane development to be built on unceded Six Nations lands in Brantford. Six Nations band member Starla Myers questioned why the development was going forward. “Here we are again, entertaining people who are not from here, they have no connections to the land,” Myers said during a passionate plea. “They don’t care about who we are, or what we want to do to the land. What about just not doing anything with it, just healing?” Myers was…
Register
