 Furthermore, under insistent pressure by political and religious authorities who promoted the area's colonization by new settlers, the Innu ceded more than back to the government in 1869, and another in 1895.The reserve was reduced in size again in 1901 when more lots were sold off, in 1911 when the James Bay & Eastern Railway was built through it, and in 1933 when the Duke Price Power Company raised Lake Saint-Jean's water level by more than , leaving only the lands bordering the lake.In 1985 and 1986, the Lac St-Jean Innu began claiming for compensation and recovery of most of these lost lands.