After Kettle and Stoney Point First Nation said they reached a settlement agreement with the Federal government, Pierre George, brother of a protester shot and killed at Ipperwash Beach, was sent to hospital from the same area.
He poured gasoline on a fire to grab attention of people walking by, celebrating the return of Camp Ipperwash, but caught on fire and was sent to hospital for serious, but non-life threatening burns.
“It was something the whole community yesterday at our pow wow was talking about in a way that just spread like a fire would,” said Dennis Whiteye, Atlohsa Manager of Community Support and Outreach Services.
20 years ago, Dudley George was shot and killed by a police officer after 30 people occupied Ipperwash Provincial Park, and said it had a sacred burial ground.