Chrissy Swain at a “roving” blocade.
Credit: Christian Peacemaker Teams
A community member advises the driver that a traditional hunt will be displacing logging operations
Credit: Christian Peacemaker Teams
Sign that marks the centre of the Asubpeeschoseewagong Anishinaabe territory.
Credit: David Sone / Rainforest Action Network
Okiijita stands by the roadside in view of passing trucks. Slant Lake, December 2002
Credit: Christian Peacemaker Teams
Grassy Narrows residents allow logging trucks to leave the forest, but not to enter. Slant Lake
Credit: Christian Peacemaker Teams
Andrew Kewaatin, a trapper at Grassy Narrows, has been writing to government officials for almost a decade to ask that his rights be respected.
Credit: Amnesty International.
Permits for logging are issued by the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR), often with inadequate protection for Indigenous rights.
Credit: Christian Peacemaker Teams
Treaty map
Chronology of Events: 1867
In 1867, Grassy Narrows, along with other Aboriginal peoples in the area that is now known as northwestern Ontario and eastern Manitoba signed Treaty No. 3. with the Government of Canada. The treaty recognizes that the community would have the right to pursue traditional hunting and fishing activities throughout their traditional land use area.