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		<title>Grassy Narrows rejects MNR long-term plans on heels of boycott launch against Weyerhaeuser</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jon Thompson Kenora Daily Miner and News Dec. 21, 2011 Asubpeeschoseewagong (Grassy Narrows) First Nation is rejecting Ministry of Natural Resources long-term planning for the Whiskey Jack Forest. &#34;This document was developed without our participation or consent and entirely outside the good faith negotiations we have undertaken with MNR since the 2008 process agreement,&#34; said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grassy Narrows Chief and Council denounce Whiskey Jack Management Direction</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Grassy Narrows Chief and Council are strongly denouncing the Long Term Management Direction (LTMD) for the Whiskey Jack Forest recently released unilateraly by the Province.&#160; The LTMD plans for new clearcutting in Grassy Territory against the will of Grassy Narrows. &#160; Read the Band Council resolution denouncing the LTMD. Read the Band Council`s Letter to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boycott Weyerhaeuser Winnipeg Launch</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Winnipeg Indigenous Peoples Solidarity Movement is calling for a complete boycott of logging gian Weyerhaeuser&#39;s forest products to support the Grassy Narrows blockade. Boycott Weyerhaeuser &#8211; Stop logging in Grassy Narrows FN Sunday, December 18, 2011, at Mondragon, 91 Albert Street, Winnipeg, 3pm. w-ipsm, the Boreal Forest Network and Boreal Action call for a complete [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://freegrassy.org/2011/12/16/boycott-weyerhaeuser/</link>
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		<title>How Grassy Narrows’ lawsuit could change aboriginal-government relations across Canada</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; By&#160;Carmelle Wolfson&#160;&#160; &#160; Remnants of a clear cut logging operation near Grassy Narrows, Ontario. Photo by Jon Schledewitz. Remnants of a clear cut logging operation near Grassy Narrows, Ontario. Photo by Jon Schledewitz. On a cold December day nine years ago,&#160;a group of young people from the Grassy Narrows First Nation lay down in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://freegrassy.org/2011/11/28/how-grassy-narrows%e2%80%99-lawsuit-could-change-aboriginal-government-relations-across-canada/</link>
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		<title>Grassy Narrows declares victory in logging dispute</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Grassy Narrows declares victory in logging dispute Bryan Meadows Thursday, August 18, 2011 A Kenora-area First Nation is declaring victory in an 11-year court battle to stop logging on its traditional lands. Grassy Narrows First Nation (Asubpeeschoseewagong Netum Anishinabek) had challenged the province&#8217;s right to permit industrial logging on its traditional lands, saying it interferes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://freegrassy.org/2011/08/18/grassy-narrows-declares-victory-in-logging-dispute/</link>
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		<title>First Nation wins legal battle over clear-cutting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Grassy Narrows leaders happy with Ontario Superior Court decision By Dave Seglins,&#160;CBC News Posted: Aug 17, 2011 3:29 PM ET Last Updated: Aug 17, 2011 3:32 PM ET John Cutfeet is silhouetted outside the provincial legislature in Toronto, on June 25, 2007, after a teepee was erected by members of the Grassy Narrows and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://freegrassy.org/2011/08/17/first-nation-wins-legal-battle-over-clear-cutting/</link>
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		<title>Ontario First Nation declares victory in decade-old logging dispute</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; By:&#160;Maria Babbage, The Canadian Press 17/08/2011 TORONTO &#8211; A northwestern Ontario aboriginal community is declaring victory in its 11-year court battle to stop logging on traditional lands &#8212; a ruling their lawyer says could have legal implications for similar disputes across Canada. The Grassy Narrows First Nation challenged the province&#39;s right to permit [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://freegrassy.org/2011/08/17/ontario-first-nation-declares-victory-in-decade-old-logging-dispute/</link>
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		<title>Decision in Grassy Trappers&#8217; Legal Battle Today</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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.&#160; Read the Media Advisory If successful, Grassy [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://freegrassy.org/2011/08/16/decision-in-grassy-trappers-legal-battle-today/</link>
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		<title>Grassy trappers win major legal victory!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Grassy Narrows&#160; has won a major victory in their more than decade long battle to stop clearcut logging in&#160;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&#8217;s decision, over 300 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://freegrassy.org/2011/08/01/grassy-trappers-win-major-legal-victory/</link>
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		<title>Audit Slams Whisky Jack Management</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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.&#160; The expert report verifies Grassy Narrows&#039; assertion that the forest is not being properly taken care of. &#160; &#160; Read the press release July 12, 2011 Read the news [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://freegrassy.org/2011/07/14/audit-slams-whisky-jack-management/</link>
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