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No lantern festival at Six Nations, family unaware of Toronto firm notice
April 30, 2021
Editor
SIX NATIONS OF THE GRAND- A Six Nations family who has hosted a lantern festival in the past is confused why a Toronto firm is claiming their family is holding the festival this July . “We don’t know anything about this,” Joleen Johnson told Turtle Island Friday evening.
She said they had no intention of holding the festival and it had not even been in their plans.. “With COVID going on and my father not well we would never agree to hold this. I don’t where it came from,” she said. She said they had been receiving texts and phone calls from people who read Turtle Island News’ article on a Toronto firm advertising the event.
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Subject of Six Nations manhunt Brett E. Elliott Sr to be released to half way house
April 30, 2021
Turtle Island News staff Exclusive
Brett E. Elliott
A community protest, weekend manhunt and almost 60 gun and stolen vehicle related charges later Brett Elgin Elliott Sr., considered a high risk offender, is being released after serving almost two of his three year sentence.
Correctional Services of Canada has confirmed that Elliott is scheduled to be released May 5, 2021 and according to parole officials has “showed no remorse” nor is he accepting responsibility for actions that landed him in prison. He was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to almost 60 gun charges in 2019.
The Haldimand Tract was granted to Six Nations of the Grand River in 1784 for allying with the British during the American Revolution. It covers roughly 384,451 hectares along Ontario s Grand River and includes municipalities such as Waterloo, Brantford and Caledonia.
The HCCC said developers must stop any ongoing or planned projects and work with the Haudenosaunee Development Institute (HDI), which it set up to deal with land issues.
Hill noted Six Nations has a major land claims case coming before the courts in 2022, adding the government of Canada owes Six Nations potentially in the trillions of dollars in relation to our lands.