Six Nations people say man’s arrest breaks deal
Natives say man’s arrest breaks deal
September 20, 2008
John Burman and Rachel De Lazzer
The Hamilton Spectator
CALEDONIA
OPP officers have arrested a native man on Douglas Creek Estates, the first arrest on the site since an ill-fated raid more than two years ago fuelled a protracted land claims dispute.
Reading from a prepared statement yesterday at the site, native spokesperson Dawn Smith said the OPP broke an agreement made on April 20, 2006 not to enter the property.
That was the day dozens of OPP officers entered in a pre-dawn raid, arresting 16 protesters at the Argyle Street South subdivision they had by then occupied for eight weeks. It sparked native blockades and violent clashes.
Smith compared yesterday’s arrest of Kenneth Greene with the police tactics in Ipperwash that led to the death of native activist Dudley George in 1995.
“Today rings of Ipperwash all over again,” said Smith, surrounded by native supporters. “In our eyes, it was a direct act of aggression and hostility against all Haudenosaunee. The OPP were ready to shoot.”
Haldimand OPP Constable Paula Wright could not confirm that police pointed guns at anyone.
Greene, 43, of no fixed address, is charged with disguise with intent, four counts of assault with a weapon, three charges of uttering death or bodily harm threats, two counts of intimidation and four counts of mischief.
The charges are in connection with events on Labour Day, when the arrest of a prominent Six Nations spokesperson and two others in Brantford triggered a chain reaction that led to parts of Caledonia being barricaded.
The arrest follows a separate incident on Thursday when Dana Chatwell, who lives in a home at the edge of the property, alleged Greene threatened her husband Dave Brown with a gun.
Wii'nimkiikaa 
October 2, 2008 at 3:17 am
I have always thought that the dispute in Caledonia concerned the easement of the plank road witch I had always believe was where highway Six now stands, Now I understand that the property where the douglas estates are is some distance from were the original agreement was originally. I guess the non Natives believed this gave them an open agreement to take what ever they pleased at least that is what it appears to be, Not only in Caledonia but all across the entire province. I can not recall when the Indian Nations ever agreed to become a part of Canada as far a I can tell the Indian Nations are a Nation of their own and these intruders have stolen thosands of hectres of property belonging to the Indians, An other thing I can not understand is that when the ownership of the property is in dispute why are building permits being issuied for those properties