On June 8, a major new development force announced itself to city council.
The
Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation, which had recently negotiated a $145-million land claim settlement, appeared before council to introduce themselves as new city partners. Though the claim won't be completely settled or paid out for some time yet, the announcement made it clear that the nation intends to buy back some of the land they lost in 1828.
And this past Monday, an audience at Fort York was able to put all this in a little context with a talk by University of Calgary history professor emeritus Donald Smith, as well as Mississaugans Chief Bryan LaForme and Carolyn King, who talked about the facts and repercussions of the January 30, 1929 meeting between the British and a group of Mississauga chiefs, during which, as the talk put it, the "landlords became tenants."
"This is the first of a series of events that we're going to be having at Fort York, put on by the
Friends of Fort York, that focus on Toronto and Canada's history, present and future," says Alok Sharma, supervisor of special events at the fort.
Writer: Bert Archer
Source: Alok Sharma
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