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After 12 years of failed negotiations, members of the Haida nation erected blockades on Lyell island to prevent the harvest of old-growth forests. The approval of new cutting permits touched off the Haida blockade. Though not against all forms of logging, the Haida argued that “irresponsible logging will not only deplete the old-growth forests but will also alter surrounding ecosystems -
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In northern Alberta, the Lubicon Cree begin road-blocks against logging & oil companies. A logging camp & vehicles are damaged by Molotov attacks.
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highlight the destructive impact of Hydro Quebec’s dams on the Innu people
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The re-occupation had begun in 1993. The land, originally the Stoney Point reserve, was taken by the government during WW2 for use as a temporary army base. After the killing of Dudley George, the government admitted the peoples claims were justified. -
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http://sisis.nativeweb.org/clark/apr2197.html Native Youth Movement
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