ACTION ALERT 

Grassy Narrows grassroots women are blocking the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) from accessing their territory! 

Call the MNR Kenora office to express your support: (807) 468-2501

Some points to make:

1.  Respect the rights and safety of the Grassy Narrows women.   

2.  Stop threatening work crews repairing the Segeisse road.  It is the only alternate emergency route out of Grassy Narrows and is essential to the ability of Grassy Narrows people to exercise their Treaty rights.

2.  Thousands of people are watching and supporting Grassy Narrows.  This issue will not go away unless there is justice.

3.  Grassy Narrows has the right to determine what happens on their territory.  We support them in their decisions.

4.  We also support Grassy Narrows' call to end clearcut logging, and for justice on issues of mercury pollution and other contaminants. Background:

SOME BACKGROUND::

since abitibi pulled out the mnr have stopped maintaining back roads around grassy narrows and many are now impassible.  this is a deliberate attempt to pressure the community to allow clearcutting. 

grassy narrows is repairing the roads themselves, but the government is trying to stop the repairs.  the blockaders will be on the road to keep the government out to allow the repairs to proceed.

without the back roads it is difficult for trappers, hunters, medicine gatherers and other traditional land users to access the territory to exercise their treaty rights, livelihood, and way of life.

the government usually gives public money to logging companies to build and maintain roads.  they have told grassy that without logging they will not maintain roads, or allow grassy to maintain the roads themselves.  this includes emergency access roads that provide the only alternate road out in the case of forest fire or other emergencies.

a similar action happened last fall.  see the reports here:

https://freegrassy.net/2010/08/25/grassy-narrows-clan-mothers-block-mnr-enforcement-team/