Sunday, February 3, 2008

The first shots ....

Have they been fired ?

Word comes this week buried in the back pages of the Record News/EMC of the recognition of a new Indian band in the Smiths Falls area, notably Drummond/North Elmsley Township.

Seems this group has erected a sign on 177 acres of Crown land in Port Elmsley that reads Pasapkedjiwanong Algonquin First Nation Ceremonial & Cultural Land. I'm wondering, did they have permission from the Crown to erect the sign ? The Township was certainly unaware, they were "surprised" by calls from area residents who were concerned what the sign meant.

Now, the erection of a sign might seem a tad benign, but looking through my site meter logs from the last little bit I turned up this odd hit :

Domain Name uu.net ? (Network)
IP Address 66.48.146.# (Verizon Business)
ISP Verizon Business
Location
Continent : North America
Country : Canada (Facts)
State/Region : Ontario
City : Napanee
Time of Visit Jan 28 2008 11:03:04 pm
Referring URL http://www.google.ca...ive occupation&meta=
Search Engine google.ca
Search Words smith falls native occupation

Hmmm ... a google search for "smith falls native occupation" from Napanee, not so far from Deseronto ... Coincidence ????

Watch for this one ... I have a funny feeling this isn't stopping at a sign.

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Do you have any updates on this situation Mike? I agree with you. I think this is the beginning of something potentially messy.