This whole issue is a no brianer for ANYONE who knows about Canadian (not the "European" mentallity) history. Back in the early years of the 1800's at the time of the War of 1812, the Americans were about to invade Canada and while the Britian would not send any more troops to fend off this attack a deal was struck between Brant( a Mohawk chief) and the British, That in return for Brants warriors help King GeorgeIII would give six miles of land on either side of the water way for the Native to with as they wanted for all time. So thanks to Brant and Tecumseh we are not all Americans today, Do we say thank you to our Native brothers....no. Well I do ..thank you.

If I was Stephen Harper, then here's what I would do.

First, put blue beret's on all the JTF2 Soldiers at Hamilton Airport, they are going on a peace-keeping mission. No guns or weapons of any kind.

Next I would call Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty and the head of the O.P.P. and tell them thanks for all your help, you're dismissed and Peterson too, before he starts talking 'terrorism' again. Dalton blew it big time with this silly guy, what on earth was he thinking? Now Jane Stewart? Millions of taxpayers dollars wasted at HRDC under her watch. Poof, it was gone.

Strike three for Dalton McGuinty, which means you're out.

I would lead the peace keepers to the site personally. Canada's peace-keepers would be on hand to provide security for the women and Children of Six Nations. The Six Nations Warriors, who are tasked with that responsibility may need a hand with the peace-keeping, while the disputed land is repatriated to the Six Nations people through consensus and negotiation with all those affected.

The government of Canada will compensate all that invested in the disputed land in a fair and equitable way, through consensus and the Two Canoe Wampum that came before them.

I would symbolically burn the hated Indian Act and proclaim this community a Six Nations Community.

It would empower this community to grow and prosper as the Queen intended, to take responsibility of their collective future as individuals, put in the sweat equity and personal responsibility, like all Canadians do each and every day. We are all one, in the eyes of the government.

The peace-keepers will stay as long as the people of Six Nations wish them to stay, they are at their service, and to help them in any way they can during the transition to repatriation and autonomy. Training, mentoring, whatever it takes to build a nation that is strong, that will prosper on the fruit of their labor and their resolve.

Nation Building in its purest form, Open Federalism. A hand-up, not a hand-out.

Canada must do this for the spirit of the Six Nations people that burns inside each and every one of us. We will always be one before God and Mother Earth, so God bless Canada.

THROW THEM ALL IN JAIL! THEY'RE BREAKING THE LAW. WE TOOK THEIR LAND JUST LIKE THEY TOOK THE LAND FROM THE PEOPLE WHO WERE HERE BEFORE THEM.. GET OVER IT NATIVES AND START LIVING IN THE 21ST CENTURY.

It takes no intestinal fortitude whatsoever to leave a comment as "sick and tired of natives whining" did Jan. 20/'07. Since when are anonymous and inflammatory comments permitted on this site? And people like this are the first to complain about us wearing masks and content to infer that we are "terrorists."

To you who write this bigotry I say, "You accept that fact that the Onkwehone:we/Haudenoshaunee have been continuously royally screwed over for the past 200 years and that rape of our lands, our culture, theft of our lands and money, still goes on to this day. This NOT ancient history. This IS the reality of the 21st century. YOU live with it bigot. Were baaaaaack!

Clive, I let that comment stay because it contained so specific threat and I felt more good could come from exposing the ignorance than by me deleting the comment.

I would like to see what would happen if the Natives(terrorists) tried this in the US. George Bush would send in the troops and take care of business really fast! My grandfather made a bad decision about 55 years ago when he sold about 100 acres of waterfront property in the Muskokas for about $5000.00. Now that same land is probably worth about $10 million. Maybe he should go with my grandma and protest, perhaps block some highways and railroads. Maybe find a nice big cottage and just move in, take it over!!! I mean why not? It was a bad decision, no different than when the Native(terrorists) made a bad decision. The natives get away with it! What a joke our goverment is!

Hey Chad ,If it wasnt for the Native "terrorist",the first wave of settlers from britain would not have survived as they were coming here to look for gold,not surivive the first winter in North America.

"...I remember when you first came, in long robes you came to us holding your book, saying: "Come and let us close our eyes and pray together!"

When we opened our eyes, we had your 'BOOK' and you had all our LAND."

That is all I wish to say.

Luc Majno...

I wish you would have said just a bit more.

Are you enjoying the 'BOOK'? Do you have a specific criticism of it? Or perhaps you wish to return it? Not quite sure what the message is.

Why would you take a BOOK from someone in a long robe, when there was no written language in your culture anyway? Did it look like food or something? Did you gnaw on it for a while before you figured out what it was for? You certainly wouldn't have been able to read it. Unless of course long robe man taught you. If he did, I hope you remembered to thank him, because reading is important in this day and age.

... but you couldn't have learned to read with your eyes closed.

Do you regret closing your eyes or something? And why do you close your eyes just because long robe man told you to? You could get outsmarted that way.

When you say "we", you seem to be implying that you are over 500 years old or something. That seems outrageous. Are you kidding or lying?

If you are in fact less than 500 years old, you were born into a land with many cultures and many different colours of people.

In my opinion all people are equal. Do you not agree?

My ancestors had their bakery taken away by Nazis, and that is how my parents wound up in Canada. They didn't whine, and that was about 60 years ago, and they are still alive. They would probably be quite embarrassed if their descendants, 500 years in the future, asked the Germans to give them a bakery.

Whoever stupidly traded their country for a book isn't around any more for us to make fun of for being so bass ackward, so let's let it go allright?

Time to get on with life. Open your eyes. Read the book. If it sucks, throw it away and get a different one. If you don't like reading books at all, you can watch the TV that whitey was kind enough to invent. Books aren't the only way that the settlers enriched this land.

That is all I wish to say.

This is my opinion. As simple as it may sound, I am entitled to it.

A simple Equation:

PEOPLE:
Canadian citizens,all colours, races, ethnicities,religions. "this does include natives."

+

Working together as equals:
Paying into a government,cherrishing eachothers deversity,working towards common goals, creating equal and fair laws, learn from eachothers contibutions,build a safe nationfor everyone within its constitution.

=

Prosperity:
A land without prejudice, a place everyone can call home, a place everyone can contribute to, a place without greed, poverty, homelessness, war and deases,
A place where everyone within its constitution can lay claim to and take pride in,a place where everyone can be heard.

Lets face it people there are alot more important issues in this world that we could be or should be foccussing on rather then separation and land disputes. Are we all not living on this land do we really want to build fences where there should not be any.

Cant we all call this place home and work together, and build one nation that we can call home.....

"CANADA!!!!!!"

On the other hand, we do have laws to uphold ... unique concept eh? Though some may prefer a mean-spirited dictatorship of ignorance, there is general agreement among Canadians that democracy and laws work better for us.

CONSTITUTION OF CANADA
PART I
Charter of Rights and Freedoms:
Aboriginal rights and freedoms not affected by Charter 25. The guarantee in this Charter of certain rights and freedoms shall not be construed so as to abrogate or derogate from any aboriginal, treaty or other rights or freedoms that pertain to the aboriginal peoples of Canada including

(a) any rights or freedoms that have been recognized by the Royal Proclamation of October 7, 1763; and
(b) any rights or freedoms that now exist by way of land claims agreements or may be so acquired. (92)

PART II
RIGHTS OF THE ABORIGINAL PEOPLES OF CANADA
Recognition of existing aboriginal and treaty rights 35. (1) The existing aboriginal and treaty rights of the aboriginal peoples of Canada are hereby recognized and affirmed.

AND ...
Recent case law from the Supreme Court of Canada (Haida and Taku) has confirmed that the Crown has a duty to consult, and if necessary, accommodate Aboriginal interests when it has knowledge, real or constructive, of the potential existence of an Aboriginal right or title and contemplates conduct that might adversely affect it.

And if all of these laws were being upheld by our federal, provincial and municipal governments, we would not have a problem.

We need to account for the actions of our own governments before we cast stones at others.