Even More Haudenosaunee Bullying

Vincent J. Curtis

25 Aug 22

RE: Land Study could delay GO trains.  News item reported by Lex Harvey, Transportation report.  Published in the Hamilton Spectator 25 Aug 22.

The same small group of Haudenosaunee, apparently led by lawyer Aaron Detlor, seem to be in full-fledged bullying mode.  Not content with interfering with Hamilton’s clean-up of Chedoke Creek, they also plan on interfering with GO transit operations.

The group says it plans to conduct its own “environmental assessment” on Metrolinx operations and how they impact alleged treaty rights.  And while they “aren’t looking for confrontation,” that’s exactly what’s implied.  Unless they are given money.  This whole thing is a farce from the get-go.

Let’s start with “treaty rights.”  What these bullies pretend to is sovereignty.  Well, they don’t have sovereignty, and they don’t even represent Six Nations claiming sovereignty over Southern Ontario.  They are a subgroup of bullies with pretentions.  Not one old Indian treaty acknowledges Indian sovereignty.

The Nanfan Treaty, which they invoke, is a farce.  Because there exists no Letters Patent from King William III authorizing Acting Governor John Nanfan of the Province of New York to act as the King’s plenipotentiary to negotiate a certain agreement with certain Indian tribes, the Crown is not engaged.  The Canadian Crown is not party to any such agreement.

A private agreement between Acting Governor Nanfan may have been negotiated but it’s no longer valid.  In addition, the alleged Nanfan agreement pretends to dispose of lands then under the sovereignty of the King of France, over which he had no authority.  (It would be an invalid casus belli if true.)

The HDI claims are contradictory on their face.  They are on a bullying campaign, suggesting confrontation and violence if they aren’t given money.

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For more on Nanfan, see my blog post of 11 Dec 17, "The Nanfan Treaty."