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"A Family Tradition for 127 Years" Letters to the editor Will keep residents honestly informed From Page 8 many Native land claims in B.C. is' lack of fiduciary obliga- tion." A solicitor's way of saying they didn't hold up to their end of the bargain. This claim by the United Indi- an Councils (Mississaugas and Chippewa First Nations of South Central Ontario) has been brought forward for nego- tiation this year (rather than costly court battles) by both the Province and the Feds. The Province has told us that their re-payment cannot be solely monetary. In their words, we will be partially compensated by "available lands and availa- ble crown lands." Our position is that part of the settlement for the Scugog Island First Nation could be and should' be the Provincial Crown Land (400 acres) at the north end of Scugog Island. By the way, each of the seven sig- natory First Nations (Scugog was one) were to get 140,000 acres of "Reserve" lands not that we would ever have had need of that much land (our group has never exceeded 120 people) but the 595 acres we now have is a far cry from what was agreed upon. So, are these claims "frivo- lous" as Mr. Aldred might say? Incidentally, we are current- ly leasing between 1/4 to 1/3 of " the total crown land area on the north-west corner in a co- management arrangement with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ducks Unlimit- ed, whose Scugog chapter presi- dent, Eric Fletcher, is glad to have us work with him. 4) How we intend to move our First Nation forward - I have al- ready mentioned that much healing (a general "wellness" of our people) is being experienced by Aboriginals across the coun- try. For the Mississaugas of Scugog, this is a mandatory for- ward step which we are just be- wou HI heen consider J i in thi in the same situation. This 1s a special night to help ginning to take. We need jobs and that means lasting econom- ic development projects. To prove that we are serious about economic improvement, we were the very first First Na- tion to sign an agreement with Ontario for our own Charitable Gaming Establishment (Bingo and Monte Carlo events) and our own licensing of this facility for charitable groups, not only for our own charitable causes (education, elders, recreation, self-government fund, etc.) but for charitable organizations within the surrounding non- Native community (hospitals, fire fighting, sport and recrea- tion, etc.). This facility will also provide jobs certainly for our people, but also to some of our non-Native surrounding com- munities. We will continue to keep you honestly informed about this and any other upcoming pro- Jects (no casinos) on our First Nation. Our facility will be built some time in 1994, on the south- ern most part of our territory on [sland Rd. We are also working hard at this time on a project in partner- ship with Durham College to celebrate 1993 as the Interna- tional Year of Indigenous peo- "your friends. ple, a conference called "Native Perspectives" (sound familiar)? It will take place at Durham College, on Friday, Nov. 12 and Saturday, Nov. 13. The confer- ence will highlight Ojibway cul- ture; history; present day and future for the United Indian Councils First Nations of South Central Ontario. Speakers and presenters will be from these First Nations, including our own. Please watch for more in- formationin this paper. This has been a rather ram- bling kind of letter, but I do feel better having written it as diffi- cult as it was to do so. I hope it gives a sense of our point of view. Our small Native community has started to recover. We have every intention of surviving this "crisis" as we have all the oth- ers. We are still here. We are We are not "sneaky" or deceitful. 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