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Former day school buildings still used
A release says the buildings on the reserve are linked to two former day schools: Six Mile Creek and the Irish Creek School. One of the sites is still used for students, a second houses the band office, and a third is a congregation centre for elders.
The nation s letter says the community built the structures after being faced with an impossible choice between sending its children away to suffer abuse at residential schools in Kamloops or Cranbrook, or building its own schools.
It says it holds Canada and the Roman Catholic Church responsible for the cruel punishment children at the schools were forced to endure, which left many traumatized.
Six Nations Police: no basis to Elected Chief Mark Hill claim
May 19, 2021
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By Lynda Powless Editor Six Nations Elected Chief Mark Hill’s claim one of his underaged cousin’s ate a “gummy” obtained from a local cannabis shop may not be true, according to a Six Nations Police report. Six Nations Police Chief Darren Montour said the incident in February involving a minor was not a relative of the Elected Chief’s and no criminal charges were laid. He said Six Nations Police were made aware of what was a medical assist call on Feb., 28, 2021. “Since there was nothing of a criminal nature and this incident involved a child, we would not do a media release for this. The incident was investigated and no criminality was found to have occurred,” Six Nations Police Chief Darren Montour told Turtle Island News.. He said…
The Haldimand Tract was granted to Six Nations of the Grand River in 1784 for allying with the British during the American Revolution. It covers roughly 384,451 hectares along Ontario s Grand River and includes municipalities such as Waterloo, Brantford and Caledonia.
The HCCC said developers must stop any ongoing or planned projects and work with the Haudenosaunee Development Institute (HDI), which it set up to deal with land issues.
Hill noted Six Nations has a major land claims case coming before the courts in 2022, adding the government of Canada owes Six Nations potentially in the trillions of dollars in relation to our lands.
Trimmed down Six Nations Elected Council, travel drop means cost savings
April 28, 2021
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Six Nations Band Council is made up of one full time Chief and 9 part-time councillors . Councillors are elected at large population of 27,000 with both on and off reserve voting in 2020. The 2020 year is a transition year after elections were held. The totals will show both the current council and previous council members totals. Totals – Elected Chief & Councillor honouraria $643,443 Travel expenses $112,272 Travel honorarium-is no longer separate may be in the travel expenses Life and Health $23,711 Chief and Band Council costs have decreased by $88,251 to $643,443 following the second most expensive council in a decade with previous council costs hitting $731,694 for a 12 person council plus a chief. Cost decreases may reflect the drop to nine council members. Former Elected…