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The Specific Claims Tribunal Canada announced this week Mosquito, Grizzly Bear’s Head, Lean Man First Nation (MGBHLM) would be awarded close to $127 million from the federal government for a land claim settlement for loss of its land dating back to 1905. The report overview indicated in 1905 the federal government took 14,670-acres of land, about two-thirds of the reserve. In 2017, the federal government admitted it breached its pre-surrender fiduciary obligation to the claimant, MGBHLM, which rendered the 1905 loss of lands invalid. The First Nation will be awarded $15,500,000, (effective...

A Saskatchewan First Nation near North Battleford will receive about $127 million to settle a land claim that dates back to 1905. The Mosquito, Grizzly Bear's Head, Lean Man First Nation lost over 5,800 hectares of reserve land in the Battlefords area in 1905.

The compensation is as a result of “breach of Crown fiduciary duty arising in 1905 out of a surrender of lands from Indian Reserve No. 110/111 (IR 110/111)” according to the decision of the Specific Claims Tribunal. The surrendered land consists of a parcel of 14,670-acres, or approximately two-thirds of the reserve. The ruling notes the federal government had admitted it breached its fiduciary obligation to the Mosquito reserve that rendered the 1905 surrender invalid. According to the decision from Hon. Harry Slade, where “reserve land is affected by an invalid surrender, section 2...