Six Nations Elected Council cannabis “bylaw” sparks protest at band office and police station

At least one person was arrested and another suffered a broken nose after several physical disputes with police broke out.

“Cease and desist any and all efforts in regards to the imposition of foreign law and taxes into this territory,” it said.

At one point protestors tried to push their way into the building, but were subdued by Chief of Police Darren Montour.

The government looks at us and says, ‘Look at those Natives there, they can’t agree to disagree, and we have to start working together on every issue that affects this community.

“We’re trying to get the community to wake up and realize that taxes are coming, and these elected administrators are making laws now, and they’re going to aggressively enforce them on us.

They put out there that they plan to use our own Six Nations police force to act aggressively in any form, shape or matter, and we’re here to say that those 9 people that sit in there don’t make decisions for over 27,000 Six Nations members,” she said, “We have our law here, and that’s our Great Law.

We shouldn’t have to keep looking at it, especially if they are making decisions that hurt the community.

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