First raid by Quebec police at Listuguj (Restigouche) reserve

WCH: On 11 June 1981, the first of two violent raids by Québec police took place on the Listuguj (Restigouche) reserve of the Mi'kmaq First Nations people. Officers in full riot gear attacked the reserve, while 35 boatloads of game wardens came ashore to shut down fishing by Mi'kmaq people. During the first raid police seized 100 fishing nets, arrested nine people and was accused of brutally beating others, like fisherman Randy Morrison, who reportedly stated: "I was trying to get out of the way of a group of policemen. A group of them grabbed, handcuffed, and then beat me with their sticks." ALSO Joe Stacey, president of the Confederation of Indians of Quebec, says: "We are not Canadians. We are Indians, North American Indians who have every moral right to our freedom in a free Indian homeland."