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==> BLOCKADE
This is the first control post of the MiqíMak quarantine zone. Hours
after hours, community leader Clifford Larry and other determined
supporters manned the barricades,
with very little sleep.
==> WHY A BLOCKADE?
Not everyone agreed with the court decision - violence too often
being the way chosen to show dissentment against the exercise of
the Tribeís historical rights.
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==> THE RESULTS:
For people living off the sea, a sabotaged fishing cable or some
destroyed lobster traps can make a difference between putting decent food
on the table or not.
The local authoritieís solution was tantamount to provocation:
They surrounded the area with police cars, flew helicopters over
the villagerís heads, and seriously
threatened the peace and quiet of this remote area.
They paid no heed to polite requests to withdraw, without a care
about scaring the elderly, traumatizing the children.
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We are asking: Would this kind of behaviour EVER be tolerated in
YOUR community?.
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==> THE PEOPLE OF THE DAWN:
Those are members of the Co-Op mostly Mi'kmaqs and Metis.
Support by their War Chief Clifford Larry, head of the
Wabanaki Co-Op. Present are some warriors for security.
==> TRADITIONAL HANDSHAKE:
iAnd here War Chief Clifford Larry with Gilles Prince as
administrator of Wabanaki Co-Op. Looking for solutions
to bridge the communities and the government.
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==> ABUSIVE CUTTING:
To avoid abusive destruction of forest ressources by using
giant lawnmowers
used by big corporations.
==> SELECTIVE CUTTING:
SWitness to selective cutting, Mr Prince acknowledges without being an
expert in environment that everyone will benefit; to the insects, to
wild animals, vegetation, and aqua-systems. To manage the resources
and provide it to the communities of St- Quentin to bridge to friendship
by creating jobs instead of arguments to the politicians. Those logs
will help to build the community houses of Burnt Church for our elderly
located in the village and bring together the Mi'kmaq nations
with an infrastructure, services, by lawyers, and environmentalists, experts
in many fields, to help us to diffuse an attitude of century of indifference
by means of legal manipulations of the aboriginal culture as a subculture
to the whites.
==> NEW BRUNSWICK NATIVES
COMMUNITIES:
1. Nation Mi'kmaq de Eel River Bar
2. Nation Mi'kmaq de Pabineau
3. Nation Mi'kmaq de Burnt Church
4. Nation Mi'kmaq de Red Bank
5. Nation Mi'kmaq de Eel Ground
6. Nation Mi'kmaq de Indian Island
7. Nation Mi'kmaq de Big Cove
8. Nation Mi'kmaq de Bouctouche
9. Nation Mi'kmaq de Fort Folly
10. Nation malécite de Oromocto
11. Nation malécite de St. Mary's
12. Nation malécite de Kingsclear
13. Nation malécite de Woodstock
14. Nation malécite deTobique
15. Première nation malécite de Madawaska
16. Le Peuple Du Soleil Levant,
Wabanaki, The People Of Dawn.
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==> THE OLDEN WAY:
In a place where your word is still your bond, you conclude
an agreement on a handshake.
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==> WHAT THEN?:
Then you share stories, and history, and partake of
what your fatherís father passed
along: The sacred drum symbolized the trust you put in the Big Spirit, in conflict
as
in peace.
Seeing
your livelihood put in question, surrounded by mindless hatred
and bigotry, the Band Council leaders turn back in grave concern
to their historical beliefs of
strength, with honor. No fear nor joy: constant alertness contemplating
the possible things to come.
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