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•   Six Nations has been researching Land Claims since the 1970's
•   Of the 29 submitted and potential claims, there are several more to be researched
•   The only claims submitted outside of the Haldimand Tract are Innisfil and East Hawkesbury Townships
•   Specific claims are defined as an unfulfilled Treaty or agreement between Canada and Indians.
The Haldimand Treaty of 1784
Whereas His Majesty having been pleased to direct that in consideration of the early attachment to his cause manifested by the Mohawk Indians and of the loss of their settlement which they thereby sustained - that a ...   View More
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9. Burtch Tract, Brantford Township – 5,223 acres
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By a Report of a Committee of the Executive Council of Canada of August 3, 1843, approved by the Governor General on October 4, 1843, the Committee recommended that the following lands be reserved for Six Nations:


•   all the lands on the south side of the Grand River between the Township of Cayuga and Burtch's Landing, with the
exception of the Plank Road lands, being a distance of more than twenty miles and containing approximately 55,000 acres;

•   lands on the north side of the Grand River resided upon and improved by members of the Six Nations;

•   a lot at Tuscarora on which a church was built;

•   and any further lands which the Six Nations wished to retain.

The Committee also stated that it had no objection to leasing the Johnson Settlement and the other small tracts on short term leases as mentioned in Six Nations Petition of June 24, 1843. In 1844, the lands forming the Burtch Tract were designated as being in the Township of Tuscarora and 1846 the boundary line was changed making the Burtch Tract lands to form part of the Township of Brantford.


ALLEGATIONS

In or about 1843, the Crown reserved specific lands for Six Nations and as of 1995 the Six Nations Reserve consisted of approximately 45,482.951 acres, being only a small portion of the lands said to be reserved for Six Nations.

There is no lawful surrender from Six Nations to the Crown for the sale of any portion of the lands reserved for Six Nations, nor for any portion of the lands not so reserved.

The Crown has not shown that all the purported sums paid were credited to the Six Nations Trust Fund accounts.

**These are brief summaries and they are subject to change as additional research information may be acquired
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