From Global News.

Members of the Lil’wat and N’Quatqua First Nations held a ceremony, briefly blocking Highway 99 near Pemberton, B.C., on Friday to voice frustration with the province’s plan to limit an upcoming closure of Joffre Lakes Park next month.

The park, known as Pipi7íyekw, will close to the public from Sept. 2 to Oct. 3 to allow the nations time to harvest and carry out cultural and spiritual practices.

The nations had sought a two-month closure, while the province says the one-month period "balances cultural practices, conservation goals and public access to the park."

“They’re not honouring or hearing our voices,” Lil’wat Nation lands and resources coordinator Roxanne Joe said, calling the move “a huge disrespectful action.”

As Gobal’s Paul Johnson reports, the popular recreational area near Whistler is the latest focal point in the debate over who controls B.C. lands.

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