Six Nations Elected Council lands claim team updates community

By Austin Evans Writer Six Nations Elected Council’s(SNEC) legal team told the community it could expect a settlement higher than Canada can pay from their ongoing legal battle. Lands and Resources department director Lonny Bomberry and former director Phil Monture sat in front of the Six Nations community on October 3rd to provide updates about the band council’s ongoing legal battle against Canada and Ontario. In 1994, SNEC, under the name of Six Nations of the Grand River (SNGR), filed a notice of action against Ontario and Canada saying they mismanaged the lands promised to Six Nations in the 1784 Haldimand Proclamation. Bomberry told a crowd of about 50 people SNEC was not looking to get land back. Instead, it is suing for the money the “Crown” earned from selling…

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