wallyj said:Ofcourse,the land was leased.No one knows for how long or has anything on paper,but if they say it was, we must believe them.They would never lie.In Tuesday's Hamilton spectator, one of the chiefs at the barricade was asked if he knew what happened at the hydro substation? He replied" I don't know".Of course he would never lie.
and because they are negotiating with them it means the government did something fishy.
JonB2004 said:Sorry, my bad. I don't know if its just me or do other people have problems telling when people are being sarcastic?
Dec. 18, 1844:
A document signed by 47 Six Nations chiefs appears to authorize sale of land to build Plank Road.
Jay said:http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/caledonia-landclaim/historical-timeline.html
Dec. 18, 1844:
A document signed by 47 Six Nations chiefs appears to authorize sale of land to build Plank Road.
I would assert that the fact that the late Sir Francis Bond Head, the First Baronet, K.C.H., P.C., and the former Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada insisted upon selling Six Nations territory despite their protests and opposition in 1835, would make the subsequent decisions with that territory on the part of the Crown of Canada (and its various earlier manifestations) to be somewhat lacking of legitimacy.[i said:Jay[/i]]Dec. 18, 1844:
A document signed by 47 Six Nations chiefs appears to authorize sale of land to build Plank Road.
The way I see it is that if the land lease was made before 1867, the Aboriginal people should be knocking on Tony Blair's door asking for compensation or whatever they want since Britain was the one who was ruling Canada when that lease was signed.
1st bold line:justfred said:The statement above says they leased the land. What would go with a lease, I am thinking like a “Lease Payment.” Has anyone ever know the first nations to pay for anything? Firstly, show us white folks the receipt for the lease payment being made, and secondly, if you are the person who leases the property, the lease allows you to use the land for the time that you pay the lease. It does not allow or imply ownership. Maybe the first nations should write this down.
I am wondering if the first nations keep saying that they own certain parcels of land and that the whitey’s should not be going on their land, then the reverse should be true. Make the first nations people get their ducks in line and they can stay on their land and not come on to the land owned by the balance of Canadians.