2498 Chiefswood Road  •  P.O. Box 5000 Ohsweken ON  •  N0A 1M0                           Home     |      Contact Us    |     Privacy   Litigation Inadequacy of Crown Canada's Claim Policy and Process   Six Nations of the Grand River v. Canada and Ontario   Amended Statement of Claim - March 7, 1995   Table of Litigation Process   Litigation Chronology Litigation •   Once a claim is recommended for acceptance as valid, it is sent to the Minister of Indian Affairs for approval. This constitutes direct political interference. •   Six Nations filed a Statement of Claim on March 7, 1995 against the Crown Canada and Ontario requesting an accounting of all land and monetary transactions held in trust by the Crown. •   The Claims Policy is applied in an inconsistent and highly arbitrary manner depending far too much on the Senior Bureaucrat or Justice Advisor assigned to the claim. •   The claims process uses arbitrary standards such as "degree of doubt", "discounting" and "special value to the owner". •   Four claims have been validated for negotiations, they are Innisfil and East Hawkesbury Townships; Block No. 5, Moulton Township; and Lands Flooded by the Welland Canal. 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 Return to Home Page Litigation - Originally Brantford Court File No. 406/95 Toronto Court File No. CV-18-594281-0000 (Please Click on the Image to View the Full List)
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