Sign that marks the centre of the Asubpeeschoseewagong Anishinaabe territory.
Credit: David Sone / Rainforest Action Network
OPP Officer interacts with high school students.Slant Lake, 3 December 2002
Credit: Christian Peacemaker Teams
Permits for logging are issued by the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR), often with inadequate protection for Indigenous rights.
Credit: Christian Peacemaker Teams
A community member advises the driver that a traditional hunt will be displacing logging operations
Credit: Christian Peacemaker Teams
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
School children do posters
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Wood logged from Grassy Narrows by Abitibi is transferred to Weyerhaeuser's iLevel mill in Kenora and made into an engineered wood product used widely in construction.
Credit: Rainforest Action Network
Chronology of Events: 1990s
During the 1990's, Canadian logging company Abitibi Consolidated dramatically increased their logging on the Whiskey Jack Forest, an area that falls within Grassy Narrows' traditional territory. Large-scale logging has destroyed trap lines and eliminated berry and medicine patches. Weyerhaeuser is the sole purchaser of hardwood from Grassy Narrows territory, purchasing the wood for its Kenora Timberstrand mill.