By Cory Bilyea  Local Journalism Initiative Reporter SAUGEEN- A long and exhausting land claim dispute has been decided, and the outcome is much different this time. Indigenous land claim disputes have generally been ignored and delayed for decades. Ultimately, the challenges are undecided because an admission of wrongdoing must be made to make that kind of decision. The Chippewas of Saugeen began their battle for the highly popular and coveted 2.5-kilometre stretch of Sauble Beach in 1995, alleging that the Crown failed to protect the band’s rights to the land as promised when the treaty was signed in 1854. In what’s being called a “landmark decision,” Saugeen has rightfully taken back ownership of some of the land that was initially promised through the treaty process of the colonization of this

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