The area surrounding the town of Caledonia, Ontario, has been this province’s ground-zero when it comes to First Nations land claim issues.

A 200-year land claim dispute between the government and the Six Nations came to the mainstream media’s attention in the winter of 2006, when Six Nations protesters occupied the Douglass Creek Estates (a residential development) to defend their rights to the land.

On May 31, 2007 Commissioner Sydney Linden ruled that the Ontario Government, OPP and former premier Mike Harris bore responsibility for the shooting death of Dudley George during the Ipperwash Crisis.