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"Is Brantford Six Nations?", p. 1

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Is Brantford Six Nations? by Paul Barnsley SIX NATIONS - Band council will claim over 80% of the city of Brantford for Six Nations when its lawsuit against Canada and Ontario proceeds in Provincial court Surrender number 30, which was signed by 28 Sachems and Chiefs of the Six Nation exactly 165 years ago today on April 19, 1830, sold 807 acres of land - land that came to be known as the Brantford townplot - to the Crown for "5 shillings of lawful money of Upper Canada." The land was surrendered to the Crown to be sold to third panics for the benefit of Six Nations, but Land Research Director Phil Monture says that happened in only about 15% of the sales. "There are lots that are lying there in Brantford knows it, Canada knows, we know it," said Monture. The research office has the data to pinpoint which lots are paid, which aren't, which were granted free and which are unaccounted for Monture estimates his staff knows the history of all but about 2% of the lots. Six Nations claims the Crown sold the 807 acres surrendered for Brantford townplot without obtaining full and fair compensation for Six Nations (Continued on page 2)

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