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Despite the efforts to protect an area of traditional land and wildlife in the Barrier Lake area, logging continues at La Verendrye Park.

A ban on logging in the park was suspended in February and tree cutting restarted at the beginning of June over the protests of the Algonquin of Barrier Lake. While the band has threatened to set up blockades in the area, no action has yet been taken.

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Despite the efforts to protect an area of traditional land and wildlife in the Barrier Lake area, logging continues at La Verendrye Park.

A ban on logging in the park was suspended in February and tree cutting restarted at the beginning of June over the protests of the Algonquin of Barrier Lake. While the band has threatened to set up blockades in the area, no action has yet been taken.

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Despite the efforts to protect an area of traditional land and wildlife in the Barrier Lake area, logging continues at La Verendrye Park.

A ban on logging in the park was suspended in February and tree cutting restarted at the beginning of June over the protests of the Algonquin of Barrier Lake. While the band has threatened to set up blockades in the area, no action has yet been taken.

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Mellow-scented wood smoke rises and hangs in the still air. Blackened coffee and tea pots sit on the grill over a bed of smouldering coals.

Four pitched tents and two tipis surround the fire. Off to the side, near the rocky shore line of the Great Slake Lake, a hanging rack is full of dark, dried caribou meat. A duck is getting singed as some white fish await gutting and cleaning. An old lady scrapes a stretched caribou hide. An old man bends a strip of spruce around a bicycle wheel rim, making a drum.

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Mellow-scented wood smoke rises and hangs in the still air. Blackened coffee and tea pots sit on the grill over a bed of smouldering coals.

Four pitched tents and two tipis surround the fire. Off to the side, near the rocky shore line of the Great Slake Lake, a hanging rack is full of dark, dried caribou meat. A duck is getting singed as some white fish await gutting and cleaning. An old lady scrapes a stretched caribou hide. An old man bends a strip of spruce around a bicycle wheel rim, making a drum.

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Mellow-scented wood smoke rises and hangs in the still air. Blackened coffee and tea pots sit on the grill over a bed of smouldering coals.

Four pitched tents and two tipis surround the fire. Off to the side, near the rocky shore line of the Great Slake Lake, a hanging rack is full of dark, dried caribou meat. A duck is getting singed as some white fish await gutting and cleaning. An old lady scrapes a stretched caribou hide. An old man bends a strip of spruce around a bicycle wheel rim, making a drum.

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Mellow-scented wood smoke rises and hangs in the still air. Blackened coffee and tea pots sit on the grill over a bed of smouldering coals.

Four pitched tents and two tipis surround the fire. Off to the side, near the rocky shore line of the Great Slake Lake, a hanging rack is full of dark, dried caribou meat. A duck is getting singed as some white fish await gutting and cleaning. An old lady scrapes a stretched caribou hide. An old man bends a strip of spruce around a bicycle wheel rim, making a drum.

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In a rare move, B.C.'s highest court decided to hear seven separate fishing and hunting appeals in conjunction with the Delgam Uukw land claims appeal.

The Court of Appeal judgments presented a mixed bag of results. Long-overdue victories were scored for hunting rights, but were denied for fishing rights.

"We got hammered - this has pushed us back to the high water mark," said Don Ryan of the Gitskan Wet'suwet'en.

The cases are shown here in brief.

Deer hunting

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In a rare move, B.C.'s highest court decided to hear seven separate fishing and hunting appeals in conjunction with the Delgam Uukw land claims appeal.

The Court of Appeal judgments presented a mixed bag of results. Long-overdue victories were scored for hunting rights, but were denied for fishing rights.

"We got hammered - this has pushed us back to the high water mark," said Don Ryan of the Gitskan Wet'suwet'en.

The cases are shown here in brief.

Deer hunting

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In a rare move, B.C.'s highest court decided to hear seven separate fishing and hunting appeals in conjunction with the Delgam Uukw land claims appeal.

The Court of Appeal judgments presented a mixed bag of results. Long-overdue victories were scored for hunting rights, but were denied for fishing rights.

"We got hammered - this has pushed us back to the high water mark," said Don Ryan of the Gitskan Wet'suwet'en.

The cases are shown here in brief.

Deer hunting