Toronto - Twelve years after Dudley George was shot and killed during a native occupation over sacred land at Ipperwash provincial park, the province is turing over control of the park to first nations people.

The McGuinty government is returning Ipperwash Provincial Park lands to the Chippewas of Kettle and Stony Point First Nation,

Sam George’s brother Dudley was killed by an OPP officer at the park in 1995.

“By returning these 109 acres, by keeping a treaty promise and by honouring the memory of my brother Dudley, we are respecting each other. It shows that we can be friends.”

Aboriginal affairs minister Michael Bryant says by acting on the Ipperwash inquiry recommendations the McGuinty government is trying to forge a stronger more positive relationship with all of its aboriginal peoples.