Federal Additions to Reserve policy changing, time for Six Nations to have own system to add lands

The federal government is ramping up its timeline for changes to the Additions to Reserve Process. Councillor Helen Miller is once again urging Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) to consider creating its own system for adding land to the reserve to ensure lands purchased don’t go back into the federal government’s coffers. “We get it back to give it to the federal government,” she said. “Why would we go buy land and give it back to the federal government? We don’t even own it.” Miller attended a meeting with Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) recently and gave a report to council at the general Council meeting on February 13 and said she believes Six Nations needs to begin the process of setting up it’s own land registry system to circumnavigate ISC’s…

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