This muted autumn morning, in preparation of the 20th year of Grassy Narrows’ Slant Lake blockade, I’m sifting through my eroding memories of a trip I took to the site 16 years ago, with my mom and my two young children. And while Abitibi and Weyerhaeuser continued to log the more remote sections of Grassy Narrows’ territory, in the summer of 2008 Grassy Narrows and its supporters finally forced AbitibiBowater to give up its license to the Whiskey Jack Forest, and commit not to log without consent from the community. This halted all logging on Grassy Narrows territory. A tremendous victory and one that is fragile. Leanne Betasamosake Simpson is the author of “Rehearsals for Living” with Robyn Maynard and “A Short History of the Blockade.”SHARE:

Source: thestar December 01, 2022 21:33 UTC