“The community has been fighting for years to ensure Canada and Quebec honour the Trilateral Agreement, a landmark resource co-management agreement signed in 1991… Barriere Lake is being forced to take costly legal action to protect themselves against the actions of the Canadian government, and its proxy, an illegitimate band council that doesn’t represent the community. The band council was put in place last summer by INAC with only a dozen nominations; most community members boycotted the process, defending their customary government system.”
Please visit http://www.barrierelakesolidarity.org/2011/08/barriere-lake-legal-defense-fund_22.html to read the entire statement from Barriere Lake Solidarity activists and donate online to the Legal Defense Fund.