Six Nations Elected Council Land Rights Trial Hears Story of Haudenosaunee Land Rights

Editorial: A long road ahead

Six Nations Elected Council’s (SNEC) long awaited land claim trial is continuing this week. And, interestingly enough Haudenosaunee oral history is being played out as part of SNEC’s claim to land rights at Grand River. The testimony itself is revealing since all of it is based on a time period prior to the existence of the elected council, a political machinery imposed by the Canadian government, you remember them, the guys they are actually fi…