Bonnie, Chrissie and Adrian Swain. Young women from Grassy Narrows have been critical to the fight against clear-cutting.
Credit: Amnesty International
Chrissy Swain at a “roving” blocade.
Credit: Christian Peacemaker Teams
Grassy Narrows residents allow logging trucks to leave the forest, but not to enter. Slant Lake
Credit: Christian Peacemaker Teams
Sign that marks the centre of the Asubpeeschoseewagong Anishinaabe territory.
Credit: David Sone / Rainforest Action Network
Judy Da Silva and Roberta Keesick share front-line stories from blockade and the struggle to stop clear-cut logging on their traditional territory.
Credit: David Sone / Rainforest Action Network
School children do posters
Credit: Christian Peacemaker Teams
Chrissy and Bonnie Swain singing at the blocade. 17 April 2007
Credit: Amnesty International
Ear Falls Hydro Generating Station
Credit: Copyright © 2005 Ontario Power Generation Inc., all rights reserved.
Chronology of Events: 1950s
During the 1950s Ontario Hydro built two major dams at Ear Falls and Whitedog, causing significant and unpredictable floods disrupting wild rice beds, sacred sites, the habitat of fur-bearing animals and the local fishery of Grassy Narrows.