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Peter Turley, a chief of the Eagle clan, stands at the edge of a lumber clear-cut, where a Gitksan roadblock stopped a logging operation last summer.
Peter Turley, a chief of the Eagle clan, stands at the edge of a lumber clear-cut, where a Gitksan roadblock stopped a logging operation last summer.

Peter Turley, a chief of the Eagle clan, stands at the edge of a lumber clear-cut, where a Gitksan roadblock stopped a logging operation last summer.

Date3/8/1990
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0135063F
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