The people of Grassy Narrows have sustained themselves for thousands of years on their traditional territory – 2,500 square miles of forest, lakes, rivers north of Kenora, Ontario. Now plans for clear-cut logging, mining and the legacy of residential schools, hydro damming, relocation, and mercury poisoning threaten to uproot their way of life.
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Today, 40 years after their river was poisoned by mercury from a paper mill upstream, the health impacts on Grassy Narrows people are worse than ever.
Read on for the shocking health study, the press release, fact sheet, and to take action.
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The Crown has dropped all charges against Roberta Keesick, a Grassy Narrows trapper charged for building a log cabin on her family's traditional lands without a permit. Similar charges against her non-native partner and helper, have also been dropped. 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.
Calvert, one of the largest "socially responsible" mutual fund managers in the U.S. has divested from from Weyerhaeuser citing concerns over Weyerhaeuser's violations of the human rights of Indigenous people in Grassy Narrows. Calvert manages over $13 billion dollars in funds. June 15, 2009. (more…)
After nearly 10 years winding its way through legal process the Grassy Narrows Trappers' lawsuit is finally being heard in court. The litigation challenges Ontario's authority to issue logging licenses on Grassy Narrows Territory. Learn more.