![]() ![]() ![]() Gollin has owned the land for 15 years, and after two years of discussions with the local council, he said he plans to cede it to the council as an ecological gift. “It was planted by their ancestors,” he said. He said the forest could not be developed and has heritage value for the Mohawks. ![]() “This is my contribution to reconciliation,” Gollin said in a phone interview Thursday. ![]() On Thursday, the 29th anniversary of the start of the standoff, Quebec developer Gregoire Gollin said he acted in the “spirit of reconciliation” and signed an agreement to return the pine forest to the council. Instead, the community was left with a no-man’s-land - neither native reserve nor municipal park. Article contentĪlthough Ottawa confirmed the status of the land as Mohawk with what’s called the Interim Land Base Governance Act, there was no organized handover. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
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