January 6, 2023
The Indigenous residents of Grassy Narrows spent nearly two decades protesting to protect their rights and their land.
The up-to-date news about the end of the logging blockade in Asubpeeschoseewagong community also known as Grassy Narrows is very encouraging. It is a step forward in the right direction to eliminate differences and help all grow together. Grassy Narrows is a First Nation band government who inhabit northern Kenora, in Ontario. It has a registered population of 1,595 as of October 2019.
Grassy Narrows started longest First Nation logging blockade in December 2002, which ended recently, when the former Chief Randy Fobister finally received the word of the head of Weyerhaeuser company, David M. Graham, which owns a lumber mill there, that no trees from their land would be touched without their permission.
The community declared “this is a major landmark in our long fight to protect our Territory from industry”
Read More: https://rabble.ca/indigenous/grassy-narrows-in-the-context-of-reconciliation/
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