Thunderchild leadership facing multiple court cases
With last week’s announcement that Thunderchild First Nation was set to receive $155 million from the cows and plows settlement, two separate court cases are currently before the courts against Chief Delbert Wapass and council.
The first case’s notice of application was filed this past April and according to a release from Band Members Alliance and Advocacy Association of Canada, “Members are challenging the Chief and Council to unilaterally fix low per capita distributions to membership arising from the Treaty 6 Agricultural Benefits settlement funds.”
This case, which BMAAAC is a co-applicant, also involves the council reportedly “Taking out of a loan in respect of their settlement funds, and other ongoing acts and omissions which unlawfully deny members access to justice.”
In total, the Nation is set to receive $155,400,000 in keeping with the original spirit of Treaties 4, 5, 6 and 10, which promised agricultural supplies such as seed, livestock and machinery.