Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) is encouraging band members who are being turned down for any compensation from the massive $8 billion First Nations Drinking Water Settlement (FNDWS)to appeal. SNEC Councillor Helen Miller told council community members who submitted applications for a share of the settlement last year are now receiving letters denying their claims. She told the SNEC April 9th meeting the denials are due to Six Nations not making the cut for the approved First Nations list. \u201cThey are starting to go out to the ones that applied last year,\u201d she said. \u201c She said people are being turned down \u201cbecause Six Nations isn\u2019t on the qualified list, so just letting everybody know.\u201d Miller is urging community members to appeal the decision. Elected Chief Sherri Lyn Hill says… <\/p>\n
Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) is encouraging band members who are being turned down for any compensation from the massive $8 billion First Nations Drinking Water Settlement (FNDWS)to appeal. SNEC Councillor Helen Miller told council community members who submitted applications for a share of the settlement last year are now receiving letters denying their claims. She told the SNEC April 9th meeting the denials are due to Six Nations not making the cut for the approved First Nations list. \u201cThey are starting to go out to the ones that applied last year,\u201d she said. \u201c She said people are being turned down \u201cbecause Six Nations isn\u2019t on the qualified list, so just letting everybody know.\u201d Miller is urging community members to appeal the decision. Elected Chief Sherri Lyn Hill says... <\/p>\n