tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17300290.post114424728889572649..comments2024-03-28T05:14:02.776-04:00Comments on Sketchy Thoughts: Settler "Backlash" in Caledoniakersplebedebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08148717542412439319noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17300290.post-1144639152416387932006-04-09T23:19:00.000-04:002006-04-09T23:19:00.000-04:00if the OPP wanted to evict the natives, they shoul...if the OPP wanted to evict the natives, they should have done it when there were just two of them. Now the Warriors are there, and it's their job to protect. Now the OPP can't get them off the land without a fight, and that ain't gonna happen.<BR/><BR/>The Haudenosaunee don't believe the elected tribal council had the right to sign away any land. Of course, the Haudenosaunee have been mostly ignored by the government since some time in the 1920s, and there lies the problem. On issues on land claims, there are two main factions within the Six Nations and the government only acknowledges one, the elected tribal council.<BR/><BR/>The federal government is about to engage in a 'fact finding mission' at Caledonia. There is concern that the person the Fed gov't picks will be seen as an 'Indian Agent' and not get cooperation from the Haudenosaunee.<BR/><BR/>So, the real thing to watch here is who will the Feds send in and how will he/she be received?<BR/><BR/>thanks for an interesting post!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com