Caledonia Land Dispute between Aboriginals?

Question

can someone provide a breif summary on this issue

Answer 1

The Indians are making land claims for six miles on either side of the Grand River, which they claim was ceded to them by the government of the day many years ago.

The land has been bought and sold in supposed good faith for a hundred years or so, and the natives say this practice was and is illegal without their consent.

It is a huge mess, and it will have to have a legislated resolve, as both sides seem to be firmly entrenched in their opinions and demands.

Answer 2

The current Caledonia land dispute came to the attention of the general public of Canada on February 28, 2006. On that date, protesters from the Six Nations of the Grand River began a demonstration to raise awareness about First Nation land claims in Ontario, Canada, and particularly about their claim to a parcel of land in Caledonia, Ontario, a community within the single-tier municipality of Haldimand County, roughly 20 kilometres southwest of Hamilton. Soon after this demonstration, the demonstrators occupied the disputed land.

The land at the centre of the dispute covers 40 hectares which was to be developed by Henco Industries Ltd. into a residential subdivision known as the Douglas Creek Estates. It is part of a 385,000-hectare plot of land known as the "Haldimand Tract", which was granted, in 1784, by the Crown to the Six Nations of the Grand River, for their use in settlement. Henco argues that the Six Nations surrendered their rights to the land in 1841, and Henco later purchased it from the Crown. The Six Nations, however, maintain that their title to the land was never relinquished.