Master Plan For "Algonquin" Settlement Of Haudenosaunee Land Hatched After Canadian Constitution 1982

MNN. Feb. 12, 2008. Theft on a grand scale. About 26 years ago a bunch of greedy lawyers and their hangers-on saw an opportunity. It was after the British Parliament relinquished control over the Canadian constitution in 1982. They figured this would make it was easier to steal our land and resources. "The Indians don't know what they have", said they. "Let's keep them ignorant and steal everything from them." 

They came up with an idea to get control of swaths of land throughout Canada to extract resources and set up legislative and policy defenses to protect their business interests. Of course, they wanted to arrange things so they could put a lot of money into their own personal pockets. They set up a prototype out west in Alberta. Because the Lubicon Cree were well versed in their rights, these thieves created two other bands, Woodland and Loon Lake Crees. 

They made a settlement with them rather than with the Lubicons. Rem Westland, Dan Goodleaf and Rick Van Loon engineered this one.  

Eventually they got older and bolder. They started thinking about retiring and moving to cottage country. Many of them bought recreational property in nearby Sharbot Lake west of Ottawa. They looked around and saw opportunities to "enrich" themselves. But they had to do it under the protection of the colonial corporations and their agents so they wouldn't get caught. They knew how to tap into Canada's public treasury to get all the money they needed.

Oops! The land on which Ottawa sits is Haudenosaunee land. "Oh! No! We'll have to deal with those pesky Mohawks", they said. "We'll make it into "Algonquin" land by twisting the historical information. We'll get someone like Joan Holmes and pay her lots of money to re-write history, which is what we've always done anyway".   

With her Masters degree in "Canadian Studies" from Carleton and a B.A. in "Anthropology" from Winnipeg, it was easy to lead Joan Holmes around by the nose.

"Yeah! Yeah!" Joan Holmes was so excited. From 1983 onward she was pointed toward all the Haudenosaunee land claims like Kanehsatake, Kahnawake, Akwesasne, Tyendinaga and Wahta to make sure that the results would go in the "right" direction. [ jholmes AT joanholmes.ca 613-722 7675.]     

Joan specialized in creating Indian bands incorporated under the "Indian Act", including the splitting and amalgamation of "bands". She approved genealogies and band membership. She's worked on management and collection of Indian monies derived from the sale of lands and resources and general management of Indian funds. 

Joan Holmes is the ANR Electoral Officer, Membership Registrar and genealogist. She decides who is Algonquin. The Algonquin people themselves have no say. This procedure doesn't follow any kind of democratic principle. 

In the Powley case, the Supreme Court of Canada found that the Metis are allowed to decide for themselves who their members are. When it comes to the Haudenosaunee, Canada forfeits the rule of law and normal principles go into a "black hole". It was at Golden Lake that the records of the people's genealogy disappeared after a visit from Indian Affairs. 

Other players included Rem Westland who moved in rarified circles in Ottawa from Defense, Privy Council Office and Indian Affairs always working on Indigenous "realty". Recently he told MNN that this Algonquin settlement was supposed to be a "done deal". It would take the Haudenosaunee ten years to undo it, if ever! he said. 

Robert Potts, lawyer of downtown Toronto, set up the Algonquin negotiation team. His specialty is real estate law. He drafts trust agreements, by-laws and membership codes. [416-593-3952 bpotts AT blaney.com] He was the lawyer for "Bre-X". Remember them? That's the company that raised money on the stock market by salting ore samples to make them look like gold. There was no gold in them thar hills! One geologist, Guzman, jumped out of a helicopter over this. He was Philippino and might have been set up to take the rap. 

Alan Pratt works closely with Robert Potts [3550 Towood Drive, Dunrobin, Ontario. 613-832-1261, 1-877-254-5415. alan AT prattlaw.ca ]. He too got involved in the scheme in the mid 80s. People like him have made a good living off us.   

There are a lot of complaints about this team. Bob Potts, Alan Pratt, Nigel Marshman, Joan Holmes and David Burke must be investigated for their part in the fixed Ottawa by-election of Algonquin negotiators. 27 people were told that their communities had been changed in order to secure the Algonquin Negotiation Representative ANR position for Gerry Belisle, the person chosen by Bob Potts. This guy is completely rotten! 

Gerry Belisle won the election even though no one from the Ottawa community voted for him. The people who voted for him were parachuted in from Greater Golden Lake by Joan Holmes. When complaints were lodged, Bob Potts, with the blessing of Robert Aitken [federal negotiator] and Brian Crane [Ontario negotiator], chose to discredit anyone who questioned him.     

Gerry Belisle is a real estate agent at Madawaska Highlands and was a local municipal councilor. His office is a post office box in Kanata, a satellite of Ottawa. 

Nine Algonquin communities have been set up by Canada and Ontario to sign away Haudensaunee land. 7 have backed off because they don't want to get on the wrong side of the Mohawks. They know we have to stand together and support each other. The only two that have any members who support the Ontario-Ottawa scam are a few from Ardoch and Sharbot Lake. The following "Algonquin" communities refuse to take part in this phony claim negotiation: Kinoucherini, Kichissipperini, the Real Ardoch, the Real Whitney, the Real BAC, Pasapkedjiwanong and the Real Ottawa. 

One Algonquin told MNN, "I am scared to death of all the corruption and the slimey lawyers swarming the process such as [Robert] Potts and Alan Pratt. [Another lawyer Michael] Swinwood - well he is in a category all his own. And then there is Joan Holmes who is the "Membership Clerk". I think the land claims process is an industry where white people are benefiting - I wish they would all go away - it is disheartening - I'm crushed by the b.s. of it all".

- From reports in the field, those in charge of the administration of Ontario want to ram this fraudulent land claim through as fast as possible. Why the hurry? It was settled in 1700. The Hurons broke the "Great Peace" and their territory was taken under trusteeship by the Six Nations Confederacy and never changed. 

There's nothing to settle. 

The lack of accountability, transparency, fraudulent elections, fixed by-election, lack of information, exclusion of other legitimate communities, discrimination "7 people representing one community", the secret meetings, abuse of the membership list, verbal abuse by the principle negotiator towards any Algonquin who questions his work ethics, the complete control by the principle negotiator has over the process are all issues of concern to the Algonquins.

Watch out for dirty tricks against MNN. Meetings are being held to find ways to discredit or radicalize anyone who disagrees with the fraudulent negotiation process. 

Kahentinetha Horn
MNN Mohawk Nation News