It couldn’t be more ironic. This month marks a dark period in Six Nations history. 100 years since Canada removed the community’s traditional governance structure and imposed an elected band council system, answerable to Canada, on the community. 100 years. As the anniversary is marked the Six Nations Elected Council, (SNEC) that represents that imposed system today, has launched a lawsuit seeking compensation for lost Six Nations lands. Lands based on history and negotiations undertaken in the 1700s before anyone dreamed a system of administrative councils would be imposed on communities country wide as Canada tried to take root on stolen lands. Turtle Island News will spend this month looking at that history through the eyes of today’s Royanni who carry the torch for the community’s traditional governance structure, the…
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