By Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Thunder Bay Source THUNDER BAY – Gull Bay First Nation (Kiashke Zaaging Anishinaabek) Chief Wilfred King has a straightforward answer when asked what he hopes will come out of proceedings in Courtroom 206 this week. “We’re hoping that Justice Hennessy will agree with our position,” King said Tuesday from Toronto as legal arguments were presented in Thunder Bay Courthouse. Gull Bay and other First Nations in the Robinson-Superior Treaty are asking Superior Court Justice Patricia Hennessy to decide how much they’re owed in a historic treaty annuity case. At the heart of the case was a promise by the Crown in the 1850 treaty to share the wealth of the land with First Nations north of Lake Superior via annual payments. The annuity…
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