Saskatchewan First Nation and Ottawa pitch land settlement for $50M
Posted December 9, 2019 8:59 pm.
Last Updated December 9, 2019 9:02 pm.
ASSINIBOIA, Sask. – A First Nation in southern Saskatchewan says it has reached a tentative land settlement with the federal government.
Wood Mountain Lakota Nation near Assiniboia, which did not enter into a treaty, says the settlement proposes Canada pay $50 million for the loss of the use of lands.
It says the government has also agreed that the First Nation can buy nearly 2,280 hectares of land to replace what was taken.
The proposed settlement is to go to a vote to the Indigenous community’s estimated 200 members in January.
The reserve says the settlement would bring an end to more than 10 years of negotiations and legal battles.
Chief Ellen Lecaine says the agreement shows the government is committed to reconciliation.
(The Canadian Press)<
