Join Judy Da Silva (Grassy Narrows), Lee Maracle (Sto:lo), Vanessa Gray (Aamjiwnaang) and other guests in Toronto
Monday, November 6 at 7pm
Room 610 – 155 College Street
Health Sciences Building, University of Toronto (more…)
Grassy Narrows wins $85 million for a mercury cleanup
After decades of unrelenting pressure from Grassy Narrows activists and their supporters, the Ontario government announced last month that they had dedicated $85 million to the remediation of the English-Wabigoon river system, which was contaminated with 9 tonnes of mercury in the 1960s by a paper mill.
This incredible step forward should be cause for celebration, but concerns remain that it can be undone by future governments. (more…)
On May 18, 2017, a banner was installed to notify tourists that they are entering Grassy Narrows territory, where the lakes and river system are still contaminated by mercury dumping that occurred in the 1960s.
The banner reads: “1962-1972. Grassy Narrows Territory. 99% Lakes Poisoned.”
Photographs by Taina Da Silva.
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March 30, 2017
Kiizoongatizimin Niimiitiwin
Pow-wow
Location: Youth Center, Grassy Narrows
1:00pm Grand Entry
8:00pm Travel Song
MC: Stanley Skead
Host Drum: Grassy Narrows Men (more…)
Winnipeg Indigenous Peoples Solidarity Movement is calling for a complete boycott of logging gian Weyerhaeuser's forest products to support the Grassy Narrows blockade.
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The Ontario Superior Court will render its decision today in Keewatin v MNR, a precedent-setting legal action dealing with the battle between clearcut logging and Treaty rights. The case was brought over a decade ago by Grassy Narrows First Nation trappers against the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources.
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Grassy Narrows has won a major victory in their more than decade long battle to stop clearcut logging in their traditional territory. Grassy Narrows Chief and Council welcome the decision of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice to protect the rights promised to the Anishinaabe from interference by Ontario. Madam Justice Mary-Anne Sanderson’s decision, over 300 pages in length, finds that the Government of Ontario does not have the power to take away the rights in Treaty 3 by authorizing development including logging and mining. (more…)
The independent audit of logging in the Whiskey Jack Forest 2004-2009 released recently by the provincial government paints a disturbing picture of a forest in decline. The expert report verifies Grassy Narrows' assertion that the forest is not being properly taken care of.
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Grassy Narrows youth are building two new cabins at the Slant Lake blockade site. The cabins will be used for hunting, fishing, and housing elders, guests, and community members who visit the blockade. The cabin building is part of a process of reclamation and revival for Grassy Narrows where people are using the land on their territory to empower themselves and to sustain their families, revive their culture and heal their community.
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