Rapid Lake, Quebec - Young Algonquin girls play broom hockey to pass the time on a hot summer afternoon on the Rapid Lake Reserve, home to some 450 Algonquin families who continue to survive to a large degree off of meat hunted in their traditional territory.

Rapid Lake, Quebec - Algonquin children ride around the reserve on a four-wheeler. The nearest towns are each over 150 km away, leaving the community relatively isolated.

Rapid Lake, Quebec - Multiple generations of Algonquin families share tiny, dilapidated houses that were allotted to them after the government of Quebec and the energy company Hydro-Quebec flooded the former site of their community to build a reservoir.

Rapid Lake, Quebec - Young Algonquin men hang out by a road near the community. Most young-adults spend their time hunting, watching TV, and smoking marijuana. Unemployment is around 85% on the rez and few people have completed high-school, seen as a waste of time considering the lack of jobs requiring a high-school degree.

Rapid Lake, Quebec - Algonquin youth pass a pipe with marijuana in the back of a car. Marijuana use is prevalent in the community but hard drugs such as cocaine or meth are looked down upon by the community elders and are rarely found in Rapid Lake.

Rapid Lake, Quebec - An Algonquin family plays a hockey video-game in a room that doubles as a living room and a bedroom for half of the house's occupants.

Rapid Lake, Quebec - An Algonquin man pulls in a fish from a net on Lac Larue as his dog looks on. The Algonquin living in Rapid Lake continue to survive mostly from fish and game caught in their traditional territory.

Rapid Lake, Quebec - Algonquin youth get dressed up and dance at a wedding, a rare occurrence in a community that has seen many of its young people move away in search of better economic prospects.

Rapid Lake, Quebec - Logging in the Algonquin's traditional territory has destroyed more that 50 percent of the forest they rely on for self-sustenance, leading to protests by the community aiming to halt all logging in their territory.

Rapid Lake, Quebec - Riot police were sent in from Montreal, over 5 hours away, to push the Algonquin protestors off the main highway they were blockading in protest of logging operations on their territory.

Rapid Lake, Quebec - After clearing the highway blockade, riot police marched into the reserve in order to prevent the protestors from retaking the highway during the night.