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\u00a0Norfolk County property bought by the Haudenosaunee Development Institute has\u00a0 been sold at a tax sale in Simcoe. By J.P. Antonacci, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Hamilton Spectator Norfolk County property bought by the Haudenosaunee Development Institute for over $400,000 has\u00a0 been sold at a tax sale in Simcoe. The new owners of 39 acres of Norfolk \u00a0County farmland could soon be introduced to the complicated world of \u00a0Indigenous land claims. The property at 1594 Concession 2 Townsend sold for $410,800 at a tax sale in Simcoe on Wednesday. The \u00a0land at the southern border of the Six Nations of the Grand River \u00a0reserve was assessed at $338,000. Its owners, the Haudenosaunee \u00a0Development Institute (HDI), owed $73,657 in property taxes. The sale is not yet final. The \u00a0winning bidder has… <\/p>\n

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\u00a0Norfolk County property bought by the Haudenosaunee Development Institute has\u00a0 been sold at a tax sale in Simcoe. By J.P. Antonacci, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Hamilton Spectator Norfolk County property bought by the Haudenosaunee Development Institute for over $400,000 has\u00a0 been sold at a tax sale in Simcoe. The new owners of 39 acres of Norfolk \u00a0County farmland could soon be introduced to the complicated world of \u00a0Indigenous land claims. The property at 1594 Concession 2 Townsend sold for $410,800 at a tax sale in Simcoe on Wednesday. The \u00a0land at the southern border of the Six Nations of the Grand River \u00a0reserve was assessed at $338,000. Its owners, the Haudenosaunee \u00a0Development Institute (HDI), owed $73,657 in property taxes. The sale is not yet final. The \u00a0winning bidder has... <\/p>\n

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