[Indigsol] LAST RESORT: Barriere Lake Stands Up

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Last resort: Natives stand up

Canadian government plays divide and conquer with Algonquin indigenous
peoples over logging
*See video here:
http://therealnews.com/t/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=2987&updaterx=2008-12-17+02%3A16%3A08

Video Description:* The indigenous Algonquin community of Barriere Lake has
been fighting with the provincial government of Quebec and the federal
government of Canada for nearly twenty years over their land. Blockades they
have set up in the late 1980s stopped illegal logging on their land and led
them to sign a Trilateral Agreement with the two governments. Today, the
community claims the agreement and all others that followed have not been
honored, while logging companies plan to resume operations. In an effort to
exert pressure on the government and the logging industry, the community has
set up several blockades in protest. In response, the community's
spokespeople and leaders have been arrested. Benjamin Nottoway, Barriere
Lake's customary chief has been arrested at the last blockade and sentenced
to two months in jail.
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