In Sheldon v Ramsay in 1852 an Ontario Court held that the Six Nations Indians had no legal rights to their reserve lands, because the common law could not be "part savage and part civilized." In 1921 in Sero v Gault, an Ontario Court quoted the Attorney-General as saying that treaties with the Mohawk made as much sense as treaties "with the Jews in Duke street." ... The idea of Indians going to court to gain recognition of aboriginal and treaty rights obviously made no sense. ...

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