Stoney Point
Stoney Point is a territory that experienced alienation between 1818 and 1945.[1]
In Anishinabek News
- April 2016: The land was wrongly taken from the Chippewas of Kettle and Stony Point First Nation in 1942. A historic ceremony was held in April 2016 to mark the return of these lands to the First Nation.[2]
- July 2020: The community successfully resisted efforts to subdivide its territory until a contested survey was completed in 1900. In 1942, the Department of National Defence used the War Measures Act to expropriate the entire 2,240-acre reserve for a military training base. Sixteen families were forced to relocate from the community to Kettle Point during the summer of 1942.[3]
- September 2020: The history of this territory's alienation was a theme examined in the 25th-anniversary series about the Ipperwash Crisis.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Public education best way to commemorate 25th anniversary of Ipperwash Crisis", Anishinabek News, 3 September 2020 (archived copy; original article).
- ↑ "Madahbee applauds Chippewas of Kettle & Stony Point land settlement", Anishinabek News, 14 April 2016 (archived copy; original article).
- ↑ "Ipperwash Summer Series: A short history of the alienation of Stoney Point territory, 1818-1945", Anishinabek News, 7 July 2020 (archived copy; original article).