Article: Mohawks Agree To Negotiate Disputes


Ojibwe News, The
10-23-1998
MOHAWKS AGREE TO NEGOTIATE DISPUTES

The Quebec government and leaders of a Mohawk reservation have signed a wide-ranging agreement aimed at claiming tense relations dating back to a 1990 standoff that led to violence. The deal, signed by Kahnawake Grand Chief Joe Norton and Native Affairs Minister Guy Chevrette, calls for Quebec to compensate Mohawks for the use for roads, railway lines and bridges running through the reserve south of Montreal. It also spells out a framework for the two parties to negotiate issues such as public security, economic development and the administration of justice. "We will have negotiation now, not confrontation," Chevrette said as ...

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