what is missed, is a no longer existent tribe, invades a military base and provincial park, neighbours complain of gun shots, and the native militants confront the police, but the report places no blame on them. Harris is found to have lied to the press and his legistlature, and is said to have rushed the affair, but takes no responsibility. Natives on the land, and in the nearby reserve, admit the presence of weapons, on 'foreign natives', but the report denies there were weapons. The only fall guy...the cop who was there doing his job, and fired on what he felt was a threat to his life.
Compenstaion is paid to the George family, the Stony Point tribe, and the Stoney Point tribe ( of nearby Kettle Point, where the original inhabitants were moved), but not to the local land owners, whose property values have plummetted. Due to the episode, and the disgrace they have turned Ipperwash into (derilict vehicles, and old appliances left all over the place, as well as rotting buildings), these cottages are at less than half the value of ones less than 15 minutes away.
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