Chief Brent Niganobe said a small number of band members are unhappy with council's plans to reserve some of the RHT settlement money for future use in a community fund
The chief of Mississauga First Nation says a small number of people have made threats that necessitated the closure of its band office in recent days.
"We were told there was a there was going to be a peaceful protest, however the police informed us that an individual had made a threat that they were going to remove property and occupy the band office," said Niganobe. "The reason why the band office was closed — that came from the police. That didn't come from us."
Along with the band office, the First Nation's day camps and food bank are also closed until further notice. "There's certain media that's always portraying First Nation governments as corrupt and we have a clean audit every year," he said. "There's no mismanagement of money here." Over the years, the First Nation has used that trust from the land claim to build a new band office, a water plant, pave roads and other improvements.
"There is a community fund that we want to set aside for the community, by no means are we, as council, spending that money," he noted. "Our people are supposed to be looking ahead seven generations and that's what we're trying to do and for people to attack us personally and threats of closing down the band offices — that's not helping the situation."
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