Mayor Bob Wade sent Jamieson a letter yesterday, saying the city had consulted experts who advised the eight-kilometre road through Red Hill Valley parkland would not infringe on native rights contained in the Nanfan Treaty of 1701.

Wade was replying to a letter in which the elected chief joined members of the traditional Confederacy in opposing further work on the $200-million project until concerns and rights of the Six Nations people are addressed.

The mayor told Jamieson: "...we look forward to continuing our dialogue with you in the weeks ahead and, if possible, act on your interests while we implement the completion of the project in a way that best meets the needs of the broader public, including the Six Nations."

Meanwhile, lawyer Lou Frapporti said the court order the city is seeking to end a protest that's keeping construction vehicles out of the valley would apply equally to natives and non-natives, including Confederacy members who have built a roundhouse around a sacred fire in the woods near Greenhill Avenue.

Frapporti stressed it will be up to a Superior Court justice to decide what to put in an order, if one is issued, but the city application that will be heard at 10 a.m. tomorrow asks that everyone be kept three metres outside the boundary of any Red Hill construction site. Source.

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