From the Barrie Examiner July 13, 2001

Orillia- If the Chippewas of Mnjikaning sue the provincial government to protect their 35 percent share of Casino Rama revenue, Ontario's First Nations will throw their support behind the province.
"We're going to ask for intervener status," said Steve Williams, chairperson of the Ontario First Nations Limited Partnership.
" The First Nations have to be interveners on behalf of the province."
For five years Mnjikaning has collected 35 percent of the casino revenue earmarked for all of Ontario's First Nations, a windfall of $172 million for the community of 1,300.
The remaining 65 percent, roughly $320 million over five years, has been divided by 133 other aboriginal communities in the province.
But at an all-chiefs conference at the end of June the other First Nations voted unanimously to place Mnjikaning on an equal footing with the other communities, cutting the host community's annual entitlement from more than $30 million to about $300,000.
The new formula, whereby Mnjikaning gets 1/134 of the First Nation Revenue, is supposed to take effect on August 1.
Last week, however, Mnjikaning chief Sharon Stinson Henry announced that her community planned to file a Statement of Claim against the province to retain their better than one-third share of casino revenue. Mnjikaning has until Oct 31st to take legal action.
Williams would like to see Mnjikaning and the other First Nations resolve their dispute out of court.