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PROVINCE _ BAND/ASSOCIATION

STATUS OF CLAIM

LAST ACTION TAKEN

N.S.

Acadia Band
(Ponhook #10)

Clyde River
(UNSI)

Kedgemakooge
(UNSI)

Kedgemakooge
Timber Claim
(UNSI)

Nova Scotia
Bands' Land
Surrenders
(11 Bands)
(UNSI)

Ship Harbour
(UNSI)

SUBSTANCE OF CLAIM

Presented in Dec. 1982.
Claims 2 lots of Ponhook
Reserve illegally alienated
in which a burial ground was
alienated, desecrated and
flooded. Claim also includes
intermittent loss of use of 2
other lots and overall claim
for breach of trust.

Presented in 1978. Removal
of squatters and restoration
of lands conveyed to Canada
in 1867 by S. Fairbanks.

Under review by UNSI.

Presented in 1973. Return of Validated by Justice;

3 lots of unsold surrendered ministerial decision to
lands within Kejimkujik follow.

National Park.

Presented in 1973. Claims
additional compensation for
sale of timber resources on
lands surrendered for leasing
in 1908, surrender of timber
taken 1917.

Presented in 1973. Alleged
that all surrenders taken
between 1867 and 1960 are
invalid. UNSI requested that
these lands be returned to
reserve status.

Under review by UNSI.

Presented January 1974. Under review.
Seeks return of 80 9 ha.

unsurrendered land at Ship

Harbour and compensation for

loss of us.

Accepted for negotiation.

Under review by Justice.

A letter of validation was sent to Band
by Minister on July 23, 1985.

UNSI was asked by ONC June 1983 to pro-
vide additional information required by
Justice to allow them to provide an
opinion. No response.

Legal opinion received mid-September
1985 validating claim.

Even though claim was previously
rejected, recent research by ONC unco-
vered new facts. ONC requested legal
advice from Justice, April 1983.

UNSI advised by ONC July 1974 that
surrender requirements were met in all
cases. UNSI filed additional legal
arguments in 1981, which after review by
Justice, were not accepted. UNSI asked
more time to review the whole claim.

Justice opinion sought, May 1975.
Additional documentation provided upon
request in 1976, July 1979, May 1983 and
May 1985. Advice pending.