Reserve back to rightful owners – Lakeshore Advance

April 20, 2016

The land is back, as Assembly of First Nations national chief Perry Bellegarde pointed out Thursday, because two federal ministers and the chief of the Chippewas of Kettle and Stony Point First Nation all signed the final Ipperwash settlement.

By putting pen to paper, the trio formally ended a dispute that started in 1942 when the Canadian government expropriated Stony Point land and 16 families were relocated to nearby Kettle Point.

Although the feds initially promised to return the land, Camp Ipperwash continued to be used as a training facility for several decades, creating tension amongst the band and police and government officials, erupting in 1995 when protester Dudley George was shot and killed by an OPP officer during an occupation of Ipperwash Provincial Park.