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R1111rdllngclllllla 1118 NDcl la NINl'ddDg lai..a other clatwa, 'lffllch are apaeted to be flied IOCXL . llr. llonture 18ld -- ot the Natiam clalml are tbr land ---1euec1 to white Nttlers, lllfulecltoaell. eumple, the band bu a tor 3,(112 heetarea (71BJ ... alone Htghwa, e, the llalldltao-:t»Prt Dover Plank ...., bi Seneca and Oneida ~ the lb Natloaa Caaleclerac, chleta, the tradi- tlaaal leadlin otthe communlt.)', nftlled to Nil the land. 'Ibey did .,._ to 1-- plota for 42 years, with renewal& Today, there Is no money com- In from thoee leuea, and the .... wants to lmow why. ID other lnstancea, Mr. Mon- tare 18ld, the Confecleraq chiefs were Intimidated and coereed Into ...... c:locummts to ,ur- rander Jar land. In the 18'0a, u white aettlen were lncreulngJy ftncllng their way onto the Six Nations lands, the gcmmunent encouraged the chleta to IUl'Nllder all land they wenai occupying at the tlme. The l8ttlen, who were p~ ceedtng to build homes and aet up tarms. pl'Otelted loudly when the chiefs aald they would leaae, not NU, their land. The govemment contlnued Prealne tbr a summder. wnie Indiana were called --,tblng, lnttmldated In any way poulble," 18ld Mr. Monture. M'J'belndlanacent wucalltnc them lgnonnt...and basically -,inc that If they didni sur- render they eoaldn't prevent the land from belDI talrm anyway.~ A claim for land alone Grand Rtwr which WU flooded In the 18308 when the Welland Canal ~ built • feeder line to the Welland Qmal lbouid be one otthe eulest to N80lve, aald Mr • Montme. According to the band's re- lNl'Ch, the federal pernment agreed ln .188' to pay tbe band $?.8,872 to compemate for the flooded land. However, Mr. lloature aald, the aow,rnlWl1B -,t Upper and 'Lower Canada refuled to con- Nat to thla papaent. They were afrald they would then be liable for other lost lands. The illue bas never been l'elOlved. The Town of Dammlle bas propOled bulldlnl lift loeb on the land under dilpute. "It that project .. the OK, and our land clalm la atll1 unre- aolnd, -..'11 bave to -., In at IOme ~- Niel lfr. Jlonture. Dummlle lfaJor Bemle Cor- bett aald be UDdentanda the band's poaltlon, ad he bu pleaded wltbfedlnl IDdprcmn- ctal aovemmmta to IIUle the clalm. .. We're ;lult a pawn In .,..._ body's big--. ad tbe loeen will be our community and the Indian band," if the project la 1 181d.