A New Twist on Land Claims

Algonquin Land Claim

Are you ready for this?

8.9 Million Acres of Ontario is currently under negotiation with the Algonquin’s of Pikwaganagan at Golden Lake Ontario.

This latest claim, takes in a lot more area than the original negotiation started out to be.

The claim for the most part has stayed the same, but now it comes down into Southern Ontario just a little North of Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory.

On a sadder note, in history, the Mohawk Nation, which is part of the Six Nations Iroquois Confederacy, were Allies to the British, were at WAR against the Algonquin’s who were allies to the French. When the war was over, the Mohawks brought the prisoners to Golden Lake as part of our deal with the Crown, and at the time Golden Lake was NOT their home base. It was a place for the prisoners (Algonquins) to start a new life. Prior to leaving, the Algonquin’s made a Friendship agreement with Six Nations, and Six Nations agreed to allow the Algonquin’s to stay, and they received hunting and fishing rights in order to maintain a lifestyle. Some ask me, how I would know this to be true. Well, the evidence is there and it was my family of Mohawks that helped return these prisoners on behalf of the British Crown. We were rewarded land for this duty, but……someone stole it, and now it is tied up in this land claim. Certain Algonquin communities know this to be true, and conscientiously are not involved in this land claim.

Also, there is an issue with how my family carry 100% Algonquin NON EXPIRING STATUS, with NO evidence of lineage, when my family are known and written about in History as Mohawks. Why would we profess to be Mohawks and then move into Algonquin Territory with the enemies? No, my family has a lake and town named after them, Sharbot Lake Ontario. All the history states, and there is Archaeological and documented evidence that this family were Mohawks and on Mohawk Territory.

These agreements were known as Wampums and Peace Pipe Treaties.

I think we are all well aware that the British won this war, hence the Corporation of Canada as we know it today.

This land claim is being negotiated on what’s known as Unceded Territory, and the Government will always announce this publicly and have. Many of us stood on parliament hill this year for the anniversary of the Residential School apology and heard them declare parliament hill as “Unceded Algonquin Territory”, while right behind the buildings on what’s known as Victoria Island stand a Six Nations Longhouse.