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Article: Long, cold days spent on the barricades.
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- Wind Speaker
- Article date:
- January 1, 1997
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We arrived at the Algonquin barricade just before dark. It had been raining all day, so there was mud everywhere. Snow had fallen the day before our visit, which also contributed to the mud. Cold weather was moving in from the north.
But inside one of the tent frame blocking the logging road, it was warm. A fire was burning in the wood stove and tea was being served. Children and adults came and went from the tent as Hector Jerome explained why his people returned to the barricades.
"When I look at the forests, I see all kinds of things, that all living things need to be protected and this is one of the reasons why we are doing this blockade," he said. ...