School children do posters
Credit: Christian Peacemaker Teams
Site of the Slant Lake blockade. 17 April 2007
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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.
Grassy Narrows residents allow logging trucks to leave the forest, but not to enter. Slant Lake
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Chrissy Swain at a “roving” blocade.
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Site of the Slant Lake blockade. 17 April 2007
Credit: Amnesty International
OPP Officer interacts with high school students.Slant Lake, 3 December 2002
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The Wabigoon River. 16 April 2007
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Chronology of Events: 1970s
In 1970, the provincial government announced that all fish species in the English-Wabigoon river system had mercury levels dangerous to human health. Commercial fishing was banned, with devastating effects on the economy of Grassy Narrows.