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WAYNE GLOWACKI / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Chief Tony Powderhorn, Sayisi Dene First Nation, seated, and Eileen Clarke, Indigenous and Northern Relations Minister with Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs Grand Chief Arlen Dumas at the signing ceremony in the Manitoba Legislative building Wednesday. The Manitoba government will be entering into a bilateral provincial Relocation Claim Lands Agreement with the Sayisi Dene First Nation. According to the news release “the bilateral Relocation Claim Lands Agreement will provide 13,054 acres of Crown land at Little Duck Lake to Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) to address the forced relocation of the Sayisi Dene people from their traditional territory.¤ The Crown land will be converted to reserve by INAC and is separate from any treaty land entitlements.” Sept. 20 2017