INDIAN RIGHTS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 15 May 1922, Page 5

INDIAN RIGHTS.

DISPUTE II\ r ONTARIO.

BY CABLE—PEESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT ' OTTAWA, May 12. ! A serious situation has arisen at the Six Nations Indian reservation at Brantford, Ontario, as the result of the Government ousting Indian ! squatters from reservation lands whieii J the Government reserved for ex-service men. Indian chief s", who travelled to England to see the King, were told by Mr. Winston Churchill that the matter was completely in the hands of the ■ Canadian Government. Canadian court officers who attempt- , ed to oust the squatters barely escaped , j with their lives. The Indians show an j ancient deed purporting to give them I j. complete rights over the reservation. Mr. Stewart (Minister of the Interior) is due to arrive at Brantford to hold a meeting, at which the Indians will receive a hearing.