TORONTO — Native protesters used a mound of burning tires and parked vehicles to blockade a road in a southern Ontario town on Thursday after provincial police evicted a group occupying a local construction site.
The Ontario Provincial Police raided the site in Caledonia early Thursday and removed a number of Six Nations protesters in a bid to end the occupation, which has lasted weeks.
A police official told reporters that "some force" was used during the raid.
The natives claim the construction of a housing project is taking place on land that rightfully belongs to them.
Following the raid, other native protesters moved in to block the road to the construction site. Their number was not immediately known. Television footage showed some protestors wearing bandannas to conceal their faces and waving flags.
The OPP have clashed with native groups in the past, including a standoff at Ipperwash park in 1995 during which an officer shot and killed a protester.
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