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By K Darybson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter \u00a0With Robinson Huron Treaty settlement payments set to roll out in the coming weeks, some Mississauga First Nation beneficiaries are crying foul. Several MFN members have told The Sault Star their band council is mishandling this distribution process, which, to them, severely lacks transparency, accountability and an adherence to the community’s laws. These feelings bubbled to the surface after the MFN administration recently passed a band council resolution that entitles each member to $125,000 from the community’s total RHT settlement (roughly $370 million). The rest of that settlement, around 50 per cent of the total according to Chief Brent Niganobe, will be put aside for a community trust to invest in future projects. To MFN elder Joan Morningstar, divvying up of the settlement… <\/p>\n

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By K Darybson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter \u00a0With Robinson Huron Treaty settlement payments set to roll out in the coming weeks, some Mississauga First Nation beneficiaries are crying foul. Several MFN members have told The Sault Star their band council is mishandling this distribution process, which, to them, severely lacks transparency, accountability and an adherence to the community’s laws. These feelings bubbled to the surface after the MFN administration recently passed a band council resolution that entitles each member to $125,000 from the community’s total RHT settlement (roughly $370 million). The rest of that settlement, around 50 per cent of the total according to Chief Brent Niganobe, will be put aside for a community trust to invest in future projects. To MFN elder Joan Morningstar, divvying up of the settlement... <\/p>\n

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