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Barriere Lake: Struggle for the Land
Submitted by ocap on Wed, 10/22/2008 - 14:44.
Watch video of SQ raid on Barriere Lake here
In 1991 Algonquins of Barrier Lake negotiated a groundbreaking agreement with Canada and Quebec giving their joint managment of their traditional territorty.
Both governments refuse to honor the agreement
Oct 6 2008: The community peacefully blockades highway 117, three hours north of Ottawa. Their demands: that Canada and Quebec honour signed agreements and respect their traditional government.
Check out Blockade: Algonquins Defend the Forest, 1989-2008
Panel discussion and film screening
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WEDNESDAY, November 5, 7:00pm, 2008
OISE (Ontario Institute for Studies in Education), Room # 2-211
University of Toronto
252 Bloor Street W (@ St. George Subway Station)
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