Six Nations Confederacy negotiators are waiting for answers before they respond to a $125 million offer from the federal government on four unresolved land claims.Mohawk Chief Allen MacNaughton said Six Nations asked federal negotiators for details on the 200-year old Moulton Township land transfer and on whose authority it was completed.
Proof of Canada’s level of priority for land issues in Haldimand County, the $125 million offer is an action that has never been taken before, said Haldimand Brant MP Diane Finley. “Now we are waiting for a response from Six Nations,” she added.“We hope the hereditary chiefs will look seriously at the offer or at least have a give and take and have something resolved,” said Haldimand County Mayor Marie Trainer.
She noted that the offer was contingent upon ending the occupation of Caledonia’s Douglas Creek Estates. She hoped that requirement applied to all sites in the county.
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