Attempt to Remove Colonists from Peepeekisis

It was ruled that the colonists were there legally, and could not be forcibly removed from the reserve land. While reserve land was dedicated for Indigenous peoples alone, the failure to evict settlers from Peepeekisis reserve shows that government powers were unconcerned with the spread of settlers on unceded territory, and that the concerns of Indigenous peoples to maintain their land were disregarded. This shows that the governments on a federal, local, and provincial level were willing to allow the occupation of reserve land, thus taking away opportunities for those living and part of the Peepeekisis reserve, and further attempting to assimilate Indigenous peoples by ignoring their land rights.