[news] GRASSY NARROWS: ABORIGINAL RESISTANCE TO CONTINUING COLONIZATION

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GRASSY NARROWS: ABORIGINAL RESISTANCE TO CONTINUING COLONIZATION

Grassy Narrows Blockades

March 27, 2003

The Ojibway community living of Grassy Narrows in North Western Ontario are 
currently engaged in actions to resist the ongoing clear-cutting of unceded 
indigenous land perpetuated by Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. a
Montreal based corporation. Over the last few decades the community of
Grassy Narrows has experienced severe devastation at the hands of 
Abitibi,their environment has been poisoned by pesticides and other 
chemicals in the land and water.

This last month a group of youth from the Native Youth Movement of
Kahnawake, members of Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights and others
from the Montreal community visited the Grassy Narrows blockade to bear
witness and bring back first hand documentation of the atrocities being
committed by Abitibi Consolidated, the Government of Ontario and the
Canadian Government against the people of Grassy Narrows. This event is
meant to educate and build support for the struggle to cease the
destruction of indigenous lands at Grassy Narrows and to build support for 
the fight for indigenous sovereignty in Grassy Narrows and throughout Turtle 
Island.

More Information Contact:
nooneisillegal at tao.ca - 514.583.4890 - www.thunderbay.indymedia.org





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