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Mercury Poisoning in Grassy Narrows worse than ever
The health impacts of mercury poisoning in Grassy Narrows people are worse now than in the 1970's, says a newly translated health study by the world renowned Japanese mercury expert Dr. Harada Masazumi. The translated study (PDF) was released today, April 6, 2010, exactly 40 years after the Ontario government banned fishing on the Wabigoon [...]
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Bitter Sweet or Toxic? Indigenous people, diabetes and the burden of pollution
Note: this is a revised version of my article, "Bitter Sweet or Toxic?" featured in this month's issue of the Dominion, February 2010. Bitter Sweet or Toxic? Indigenous people, diabetes and the burden of pollution WINNIPEG—Diabetes is now widely regarded as the 21st century epidemic. With some 284 million people currently diagnosed with the disease, [...]
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Former Canadian Prime Minister Suppressed Mercury studies
A newly published book about Minamata disease has revealed, possibly for the first time to Canadians, that former Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau personally interfered with the publication of one or more studies concerning the mercury problem at Grassy Narrows. "Niigata Minimata Disease: Methyl Mercury Poisoning in Niigata, Japan" was authored by Dr. Saito Hisashi, [...]
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Victory for Grassy Narrows! AbitibiBowater Retreats
After more than a decade of direct action, the Asubpeeschoseewagong community at Grassy Narrows can finally rest easy. The industrial logging giant AbitibiBowater announced yesterday that they are retreating from the Whiskey Jack Forest, three-quarters of which is Grassy Narrows’ traditional territory. See below for a press release by Greenpeace and links to further coverage. [...]
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KI6 Temporarily Released From Jail
The Six Kitchenuhumaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) leaders jailed in March for defending their land were conditionally released on Friday, pending a court appearance in the Ontario Court of Appeals on May 28. "We are ecstatic about the release of the KI Six and we can't wait to welcome home this evening," said KI Counc. Susan Nanokeesic [...]
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Underreported Struggles #11, February 2008
It was pretty much 'business as usual' for the month of February. Corporations continued acting as innocent third parties while Governments continued to demand indigenous People allow the theft of their lands and destruction of their cultures without question. "It's in your best interests," we're told. "It's for the greater good." Amidst this however, there [...]
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Grassy Narrows Clan Mothers Issue Eviction Notice
Following the the 5th anniversary of the logging road blockade at Grassy Narrows on December 2, 2002, another eviction notice (pdf) has been given to a logging camp presently on Asubpeeschoseewagong Territory. According to this blog post on the Rainforest Action Network (RAN) website, "the women have not heard any response yet and are waiting [...]
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