Ipperwash Crisis: Aboriginal Land Claims In Canada

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Jason
Scott Sutton
CHC2DI
Tuesday, June 19th, 2018
Aboriginal Land Claims
The First Nations People have had their land taken thus needing them to try and get it back after the government wouldn’t give it back. Even though these land claims caused the death of an aboriginal protester first nations land claims had a positive impact on Canada because the First Nations groups involved got their land back, compensation in money, and the respect and dignity they deserve. One example of these claims was the Ipperwash crisis. The Ipperwash crisis took place in 1995 and was in and around the Ipperwash Provincial Park in Ontario. In 1936 the Ontario government created the Ipperwash Provincial Park. In 1942 the government wanted the land back to build …show more content…

In May of 1993 a group of Stony Point First Nation members peacefully occupied part of Camp Ipperwash (the military camp) in order to assert their land claim and start negotiations with the federal government. In 1994 the government stated that they would be closing the military camp and that they would be returning the land. This however, didn’t happen. When military personnel and equipment still occupied the land after the government promised to return the land, in the 29th of June in 1995 Stony Point First Nation members forced their way into the military camp’s administrative buildings, prompting the military to withdraw completely. The OPP (Ontario Provincial Police) deployed officers into the area including Ipperwash Provincial Park, because the Stony Point First Nations group was planning to occupy that as well. On Monday, 4 September 1995, Stony Point First Nation members entered the park. Their reasons for the occupying the Provincial Park was their frustration with the federal government’s refusal to return Stoney Point Reserve, belief that the park was part of the reserve, and concern that burial grounds were not protected and respected. The intent of the …show more content…

But in the end after confrontations the First Nations people got their land returned. “One of the key recommendations that resulted from the inquiry was for the Ontario provincial government to relinquish control of Ipperwash Provincial Park to the Kettle and Stony Point First Nations.” This is a quote from the website Indigenous Foundations. This quote is talking about after the discussions of what the natives should get as compensation that it was decided that they would also get control of the Ipperwash National Park as well. The federal government gave up control of the park and the First Nations people currently maintain it but, it is currently co-managed by the province. From the CBC article “20 years after Ipperwash crisis, First Nation accepts $95M offer” it talks about how the First Nation members accepted the offer of a $95 financial settlement which includes the cleanup of Stony Point land and the return of the land taken in 1942. “Band members will receive $5,000 each, with community elders receiving $10,000 each. Descendants of people who lived on the land before it was expropriated will receive $150,000 each”. This quote from the CBC

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