The Barriere Lake struggle continues, as today Algonquins blocked Highway 117 again:
http://news.infoshop.org/article.php?story=20081119093411350
"Kitiganik/Rapid Lake, Algonquin Territory / - This morning at 7:30am,
Barriere Lake community members of all ages and their supporters once
again peacefully blockaded highway 117 outside their reserve, demanding
that Quebec and Canada send in negotiators rather than resort to police
violence. During the Algonquin's first blockade on October 6th, 2008,
Quebec police used tear gas and "pain compliance" techniques against a
peaceful crowd that included Elders, youth, and children, arrested nine
people, and hospitalized a Customary Councillor after hitting him in
the chest with a tear-gas canister, drawing criticism from
international human rights groups, the Chiefs of Ontario, and the
Christian Peacemakers Team."