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By Lisa Iesse Writer Norfolk County Council (NCC) is moving to a Stage 1 archeological assessment after \u201carchaeological evidence of First Nations presence\u201d was found at a local cemetery last year. The find comes two years after a county councillor charged there was no proof of Indigenous people in the county. \u201cThere was nobody here when the Europeans came here, (to) this particular area of Norfolk County within southern Ontario, in-between the lakes area,\u201d said Councillor Chris Van Paassen at a NCC meeting on September 14, 2021. At that meeting, Councillor Van Passen also denied the current presence of First Nations in the area now known as Norfolk County. \u201cThe area of Norfolk county is not inhabited by Indigenous peoples, it has not been since before the time of European… <\/p>\n

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By Lisa Iesse Writer Norfolk County Council (NCC) is moving to a Stage 1 archeological assessment after \u201carchaeological evidence of First Nations presence\u201d was found at a local cemetery last year. The find comes two years after a county councillor charged there was no proof of Indigenous people in the county. \u201cThere was nobody here when the Europeans came here, (to) this particular area of Norfolk County within southern Ontario, in-between the lakes area,\u201d said Councillor Chris Van Paassen at a NCC meeting on September 14, 2021. At that meeting, Councillor Van Passen also denied the current presence of First Nations in the area now known as Norfolk County. \u201cThe area of Norfolk county is not inhabited by Indigenous peoples, it has not been since before the time of European... <\/p>\n

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