Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) is encouraging it’s band members who lived on other First Nations reserve lands that are recognized as an impacted First Nation under the First Nations Drinking Water Settlement to apply for compensation.
Six Nations was not recognized as an impacted First Nation under the settlement. But, in a Feb. 21 media release, council says members who did not live on Six Nations lands during the claims period of November 20, 1995 to June 20, 2021 and instead lived on other First Nations’ reserve lands, may still be eligible for compensation.
Individuals have until Mar. 7 to submit a claim under the settlement.
SNEC detailed the next steps on the issue. In the media release, Council stated “The decision to exclude Six Nations from the class action settlement by the Claims Administrator is disappointing. Leadership continues to explore options to address Six Nations’ drinking water needs and the harms the membership has suffered from not having access to clean and safe drinking water.”
