Peguis FN accepts Canada's largest land claim settlement
6/15/2009 at 11:48 AM
Per the Canada.com article below, Manitoba's Peguis First Nation on its second vote has accepted (77% in favour) a $126 million land claim settlement from the Federal government.
http://www.canada.com/Manitoba+Peguis+First+Nation+accepts+historic+land+claim+settlement/1696439/story.html
Below is a link to the Peguis website, where all was explained to their members:
http://www.peguisfirstnation.ca/surrender.html
As it was deemed the land was illegally claimed, this seems like a fair settlement. One can't help but wonder, however, if there are other comparables and how much more the Federal governement will be required to compensate for.