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Article: Panel Recommends Sandy Bay First Nation's Claim not be Accepted for Negotiation
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- CCNMatthews Newswire
- Article date:
- September 27, 2007
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OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Sept. 27, 2007) - In a report
released today, an Indian Claims Commission (ICC) panel recommended
that Canada not accept the Sandy Bay Ojibway First Nation's treaty
land entitlement (TLE) claim for negotiation.
The panel for this inquiry, composed of Chief Commissioner Renee
Dupuis (Chair) and Commissioners Daniel J. Bellegarde and Alan C.
Holman, was asked to determine if the Sandy Bay First Nation, located
on the southwest shore of Lake Manitoba, had an outstanding treaty
land entitlement. To answer this question, the panel needed to
establish the First Nation's population count, calculate how much
land it was entitled to according to Treaty 1, and determine ...