[news] Mohawk Community Demands Return of Stolen Culbertson Tract

[Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed]

The Culbertson is a tract of land, 923 acres in size that runs along the eastern boundary of Tyendinaga. It was stolen by the Feds in 1837. Tyendinaga's Chiefs immediately registered their people's dissent but no formal legal process existed to pursue its return. After the Government finally got around to creating such a process in 1991, Tyendinaga filed a formal land claim.

In November 2003, the Feds acknowledged that the Culbertson Tract was never surrendered and is Mohawk Land. They then tried for several years to get Tyendinaga to take a buy-out for the land. The people of Tyendinaga repeatedly refused.

  


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