Grassy Narrows First Nation reflects on 20 years of logging blockade, and worries about future extraction | CBC News https://bit.ly/3Z6YhLV #TBay #GrassyNarrows #FirstNations #Logging #ThunderBay #onpoli @onpoli

For generations, Grassy Narrows residents have used the land for hunting. Now, it’s in the middle of a lawsuit between Canadian mining corporations https://bit.ly/3PzPWfL #GrassyNarrows #FirstNations #Hunting #Mining #Lawsuit #onpoli @onpoli

For generations, Grassy Narrows residents have used the land for hunting. Now, it’s in the middle of a lawsuit between Canadian mining corporations https://bit.ly/3PzPWfL #GrassyNarrows #FirstNations #Hunting #Mining #Lawsuit #onpoli @onpoli

Today is the 20th anniversary of #GrassyNarrows blockade that led to the 2018 Land Declaration banning all Industry Development on Grassy Narrows Territory. #DougFord gov is now proposing to open their territory to logging again. #GreenBelt #413 #StopDougFord #onpoli

https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2022/12/01/celebrating-a-tremendous-but-fragile-victory-at-grassy-narrows.html

Thought I’d share some of my own artworks as an introduction since I’m new on this platform. This piece was created in response to the ongoing mercury poisoning experienced by the #GrassyNarrows community.

Precarious Binding
21″X15″
Serigraphy Print (Ed. 9)
2016

Learn more about Grassy Narrows in this CBC report written by the late Jody Porter: https://www.cbc.ca/news2/interactives/children-of-the-poisoned-river-mercury-poisoning-grassy-narrows-first-nation/

#IndigenousArt #Anishnaabe

Grassy Narrows First Nation hails $90M for care home as a step toward ‘full mercury justice’ https://bit.ly/3eZL1Du #GrassyNarrows #FirstNations #Mercury #onpoli