Six Nations land claim is 29 years old

Six Nations needs to keep its eyes open on its now 28-year-old massive land rights case. A case Crown-Indigenous Relations has been worrying for years it may lose and along with that loss could come major negotiations over how much the community is entitled to. And those numbers have hit as high as $3 trillion. Imagine if you can what that could mean in legal fees? A prime example is now playing its way out in the courts. The Robinson Huron First Nation trustees are facing a huge $510 million legal bill from its lawyers. Two of the chiefs involved chiefs Craig Nootchtai (Atikameksheng Anishnawbek) and Karen Bell (Garden River First Nation) are seeking a judicial review over their lawyers application for fees in what became a $10 billion sentiment….

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