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Bob Watts, Adjunct Professor, Queens University, offers the following observations regarding the Indian Act:
“The Indian Act has been a colonial tool of oppression for as long as Canada has been a country.
Through the Indian Act, the federal government gave itself control over “Indian” land and trust accounts.
The mismanagement of land and trust accounts has resulted in billions of dollars of “land claims.”
Examples of mismanagement noted in the document referenced below include using and not paying back trust accounts for the development of Osgoode Hall and the Welland Canal.” 13
– Bob Watts, MPA, PhD Mohawk, Bear Clan
Six Nations Indian Reserve #40 Grand River Territory
Figure 33: Corn soup cooking on open fire. Photo courtesy of Elizabeth Doxtater.
13 Land Rights: A Global Solution for the Six Nations of the Grand River
52 Commemoration • Education • Healing/Wellness