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Natives reaffirm right to cross border

July 19, 2006 | Leave a Comment | 643 views 

By Paul Choi. The Hamilton Spectator. NIAGARA FALLS (Jul 17, 2006)

More than 150 natives from across North America paraded through the Canada-U.S. border in Niagara Falls Saturday to commemorate a centuries-old treaty that enables them to freely enter either country.

But for some participants of the noon-hour parade, the event also served as a reminder of the land claim stalemate at Douglas Creek Estates in Caledonia — a 40-hectare subdivision Six Nations natives claim is theirs under treaty.

To these participants, the parade was symbolic of the struggle all natives undergo to ensure age-old treaties aren’t forgotten or superceded by modern law.

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