Statement posted on McMaster University web site:

The Caledonia Land Claim Dispute

Our Institute colleague, Dr. Dawn Martin-Hill, has participated in the protest by the Six Nations of the Grand River over land claims outside Caledonia. The issue of the land claim is a long-standing one in the community and relations are tense on the site. There is strong community support for the protest and just as strong reactions by some in Caledonia on the other side. One of the other issues at stake is recognition by the federal and provincial governments of the Six Nations Confederacy, the long-standing governance system of the Haudenausaunee. Outlined in the Six Nations' Great Law of Peace, the Confederacy is composed of chiefs from each of the Six Nations (Mohawk, Cayuga, Oneida, Onondoga, Seneca, Tuscarora), who, in turn, are chosen by Clan Mothers. This governing system was brutally suppressed by the federal government when the RCMP invaded the reserve, shut down the longhouses, and imposed a band council system under the Indian Act in 1924. The actions by the federal government were triggered in part by the Confederacy securing a welcoming reception for their rights to govern themselves at the League of Nations in 1922. The Institute hopes that the Six Nations and the other parties to the dispute reach a successful resolution and that this resolution gives recognition to the Confederacy Chiefs and thus the constitution of the Haudenausaunee, the Great Law.

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