Barriere Lake

Algonquins of Barriere Lake Tell Quebec No Resource Development Unless Leadership and Agreements Respected


Les Algonquins de Lac-Barrière voient rouge

AbitibiExpress,Patrick Rodrigue

Une partie de la communauté s’oppose à des travaux d’exploration minière réalisés sur leurs terres ancestrales


Update on the Algonquins of Barriere Lake

1. MINING ALERT ON ALGONQUIN TERRITORY

Barriere Lake Algonquins say “No” to mining exploration on their land, Cree workers agree to leave site

RAPID LAKE, QC – Last week, Barriere Lake community members discovered that Val D’ Or based Cartier Resources has begun line-cutting in preparation for mining exploration on their unceded Aboriginal lands. According to their website, the mining company claims that their “100% owned” land base of 439 square kilometers boasts rich copper deposits ripe for exploitation.


Hutchins legal responds to allegations of conflict of interest

Hutchins Legal's letter to Jean Maurice Matchewan responding to allegations of conflict of interest.


Minister of Indian Affairs responds to AFN on Barriere Lake

Indian Affairs Minister John Duncan responds to National Chief Shawn Atleo on the issue of Barriere Lake.


Algonquins of Barriere Lake travel to Ottawa to fight for rights

Video footage of the recent action by the Algonquins of Barriere Lake in Ottawa.


Algonquins of Barriere Lake rally for traditional governance and Aboriginal rights

Gale Courey Toensing, Indian Country Today

December 24, 2010

OTTAWA, Ontario – A small Algonquin First Nation community says it will continue its struggle for sovereignty and self-determination against the Canadian federal government’s efforts to control its land, resources and internal affairs.


Remote Algonquin First Nation travels en masse to Ottawa to protest Harper government's attacks

OTTAWA, DEC 13/CNW/– More than a hundred members of the Barriere Lake Algonquin First Nation traveled to Ottawa today to demand the Harper government honour a landmark environmental agreement and stop waging a campaign of forcible assimilation against the community.


AFN National Chief condemns imposition of Indian Act government on Barriere Lake

10-08-13 - InAC - John Duncan - Re- Algonquins of Barrier Lake

Indian Affairs imposes new Chief and Council on Barriere Lake with the consent of only a half dozen people: “This looks like tyranny,” say community spokespeople

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Tuesday, August 17, 2010


Colonial courts attack Barriere Lake's sovereignty

Linchpin anarchist Newspaper March 2010 - By Krishna E. Bera, Lori Waller, and Greg Macdougall

In Feb. 2010, the Mitchikanibikok Inik – or Algonquins of Barriere Lake (ABL), a small First Nation community located 130km north of Maniwaki, Quebec, presented arguments in the Supreme Court of Canada defending their latest leadership selection.


Algonquins of Barriere Lake send message to Department of Indian Affairs

Letter sent from the Algonquins of Barriere Lake to Indian and Northern Affairs. 


Canada's project of assimilation continues at Barriere Lake: Indian Act system imposed against the community's will

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Thursday, November 12, 2009

Kitiganik/Rapid Lake, Algonquin Territory /– On Friday, October 30, 2009, Indian Affairs Minister Chuck Strahl sent notice to the Algonquins of Barriere Lake that he will not recognize their legitimate leadership, but instead impose elections on the community in April, 2010 by invoking a section of the Indian Act that would abolish the customary method they use to select their leaders.


Les Algonquins veulent leur part

Sébastien Ménard - Le Journal de Montréal

Les Algonquins du Québec menacent de recourir à des «mesures radicales» pour faire cesser la construction de la gigantesque mine d'or de Malartic, en Abitibi, si la compagnie minière n'accepte pas de les dédommager pour ce projet qui est construit, selon eux, sur des «terres ancestrales».

 


Chuck Strahl, minister of "termination and assimilation", imposes Indian Act government on Barriere Lake

Canwest News Service

OTTAWA — Indian Affairs Minister Chuck Strahl has used rarely invoked Indian Act powers to force voting on a small Algonquin community in northern Quebec that has been locked in a years-long battle with the federal government, while being torn by internal divisions.

David Nahwegahbow, a lawyer for the council of Chief Jean-Maurice Matchewan, said the federal government would face a constitutional challenge.


Algonquins place bodies in front of logging machines: prevent logging until Quebec and Canada respect agreements and leadership

For Immediate Release

September 1, 2009

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Hutchins legal responds to allegations of conflict of interest

Hutchins Legal's letter to Jean Maurice Matchewan responding to allegations of conflict of interest.


Minister of Indian Affairs responds to AFN on Barriere Lake

Indian Affairs Minister John Duncan responds to National Chief Shawn Atleo on the issue of Barriere Lake.


Algonquins of Barriere Lake travel to Ottawa to fight for rights

Video footage of the recent action by the Algonquins of Barriere Lake in Ottawa.


Algonquins of Barriere Lake rally for traditional governance and Aboriginal rights

Gale Courey Toensing, Indian Country Today

December 24, 2010

OTTAWA, Ontario – A small Algonquin First Nation community says it will continue its struggle for sovereignty and self-determination against the Canadian federal government’s efforts to control its land, resources and internal affairs.


Remote Algonquin First Nation travels en masse to Ottawa to protest Harper government's attacks

OTTAWA, DEC 13/CNW/– More than a hundred members of the Barriere Lake Algonquin First Nation traveled to Ottawa today to demand the Harper government honour a landmark environmental agreement and stop waging a campaign of forcible assimilation against the community.


AFN National Chief condemns imposition of Indian Act government on Barriere Lake

10-08-13 - InAC - John Duncan - Re- Algonquins of Barrier Lake

Indian Affairs imposes new Chief and Council on Barriere Lake with the consent of only a half dozen people: “This looks like tyranny,” say community spokespeople

 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

Tuesday, August 17, 2010


Colonial courts attack Barriere Lake's sovereignty

Linchpin anarchist Newspaper March 2010 - By Krishna E. Bera, Lori Waller, and Greg Macdougall

In Feb. 2010, the Mitchikanibikok Inik – or Algonquins of Barriere Lake (ABL), a small First Nation community located 130km north of Maniwaki, Quebec, presented arguments in the Supreme Court of Canada defending their latest leadership selection.


Algonquins of Barriere Lake send message to Department of Indian Affairs

Letter sent from the Algonquins of Barriere Lake to Indian and Northern Affairs. 


Canada's project of assimilation continues at Barriere Lake: Indian Act system imposed against the community's will

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Kitiganik/Rapid Lake, Algonquin Territory /– On Friday, October 30, 2009, Indian Affairs Minister Chuck Strahl sent notice to the Algonquins of Barriere Lake that he will not recognize their legitimate leadership, but instead impose elections on the community in April, 2010 by invoking a section of the Indian Act that would abolish the customary method they use to select their leaders.


Les Algonquins veulent leur part

Sébastien Ménard - Le Journal de Montréal

Les Algonquins du Québec menacent de recourir à des «mesures radicales» pour faire cesser la construction de la gigantesque mine d'or de Malartic, en Abitibi, si la compagnie minière n'accepte pas de les dédommager pour ce projet qui est construit, selon eux, sur des «terres ancestrales».

 


Chuck Strahl, minister of "termination and assimilation", imposes Indian Act government on Barriere Lake

Canwest News Service

OTTAWA — Indian Affairs Minister Chuck Strahl has used rarely invoked Indian Act powers to force voting on a small Algonquin community in northern Quebec that has been locked in a years-long battle with the federal government, while being torn by internal divisions.

David Nahwegahbow, a lawyer for the council of Chief Jean-Maurice Matchewan, said the federal government would face a constitutional challenge.


Algonquins place bodies in front of logging machines: prevent logging until Quebec and Canada respect agreements and leadership

For Immediate Release

September 1, 2009

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About Barriere Lake

Mitchikanibikok Inik

We are the small community of Mitchikanibikok Inik First Nation - the Algonquins of Barriere Lake, in Northern Quebec. We still speak our language and practice our traditional way of life. Members of our community still live on the land, hunting, trapping, gathering plants and medicines, and making clothing using local materials and traditional knowledge. We also choose our leadership according to our customary practice, through an elders' council that is determined to maintain our language, culture, and traditions. All of this is under threat as the government of Canada tries to destroy our land and our way of life. Read more here.

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Barriere Lake turns back Indian Affairs election officer - July 22


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Barriere Lake stops logging operations


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