Final reminder - Seigneury Lands report available for viewing by community members

03/10/2016

The Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke (MCK) wishes to remind Kahnawa’kehró:non that the Final Report of the Seigneury of Sault St. Louis (Seigneury) Community Consultation on Lands is available for viewing by community members in preparation for the upcoming Winter Community Meeting next Tuesday, 15 Enniskó:wa/March. At that time the community will be asked to formally confirm the Report and its recommendations.

The report contains the results of an extensive Community Consultation that took place from December 2014 to February 2015 on issues relating to land, in the context of the Seigneury negotiations with the Federal government. It lists all the perspectives and positions expressed by those community members who participated.

“Due to the nature of the Report, we are reminding Kahnawa’kehró:non that this report is strictly our business,” said Chief Christine Zachary-Deom, who is the Portfolio Lead on the Seigneury of Sault St. Louis. “It is incredibly important that the information remains in the hands of community members only.” 

The report is available only at the MCK main offices.

The MCK accepted an offer from Canada to negotiate and resolve the Seigneury of Sault St. Louis land grievance in 2003. From an historical perspective, the Seigneury was granted by King Louis XIV of France to Kahnawà:ke in 1680. The original grants of 1680 consisted of approximately 45,000 acres. Kahnawà:ke today consists of approximately 13,000 acres.