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Barriere Lake Call for Endorsements and Support
The Barriere Lake Solidarity collective is asking groups and organizations to endorse a list of demands issued by the Algonquins of Barriere Lake. Located about 400 km north of Montreal, Quebec, the Algonquin community was unjustly placed under third party management earlier this year by the Federal Government. The Algonquins are demanding that the government [...]
The Algonquins of Barriere Lake
The Algonquins of Barriere Lake is a 41-minute documentary that illustrates the Algonquin community’s decades-long struggle to have their land and resource rights recognized by Canada and the Province of Quebec. You can find the video below… On June 26th, Algonquin representatives and supporters from the Barriere Lake Solidarity Collective peacefully occupied the offices of Barriere [...]
Underreported Struggles #14, May 2008
A land reclamation in Colombia, an historic gathering Brazil, and two massive lawsuits filed by Indigenous Nations in Canada highlight this month’s roundup of Underreported Struggles. The Permanent People’s Tribunal (PPT) also tried more than 20 corporations in Peru; and to the surprise of many, the Ontario Court of Appeals unconditionally released Ardoch Algonquin [...]
Free at Last! KI6 and Bob Lovelace Prevail In Court
Robert Lovelace of the Ardoch Algonquins and the group known as the KI6 were unconditionally released by Ontario’s Court of Appeal yesterday. The overcrowded courtroom burst into applause when the judges read their decision. Quoting from the Canadian Press: “It feels really good. It feels like justice is on our side,” said Bob Lovelace on [...]
KI6 Temporarily Released From Jail
The Six Kitchenuhumaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) leaders jailed in March for defending their land were conditionally released on Friday, pending a court appearance in the Ontario Court of Appeals on May 28. “We are ecstatic about the release of the KI Six and we can’t wait to welcome home this evening,” said KI Counc. Susan Nanokeesic in [...]
Indian Affairs Out of Barriere Lake!
The Algonquins of Barriere Lake have sent out an urgent call for support, asking people to help them prevent Canada from illegally replacing their Traditional Government. Canada is attempting to do so by taking advantage of a leadership problem that began last September, according to the Ottawa Citizen, “when former chief Jean Maurice Matchewan stepped [...]
Ardoch Algonquin will return to uranium site
A group of Algonquin warned on Friday they will ignore the court order issued last October and return to block the Uranium mine near Sharbot Lake unless the Province of Ontario calls a halt to the project. “The destruction of the land, the consequence of a uranium mine being built, and the health effects will [...]
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