Siksika Nation threatens to seize Castle Mountain

May 10, 2000
Source: Calgary Herald
Original story - link verified on August 20, 2000
By Wendy-Anne Thompson

The Siksika Nation is threatening to occupy Castle Mountain in Banff National Park to pressure the federal government into handing it over. The Siksika, who live east of Calgary near Gleichen, say they've been trying since 1960 to gain control of a 68-square-kilometre parcel that was used by their ancestors for rituals.

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