Celebrate 10 years of the Grassy Narrows blockade!
Grassy Narrows Asubpeeschoseewagong Anishinabek
10 Years of the Grassy Narrows Blockade - A Sacred Fire at Queen's Park on Sunday
Events are being held in 25 cities! Check out FreeGrassy.org for details.
Toronto event details:
Sunday December 2, 2012
2:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Queen’s Park – College and University
Toronto, ON
On December 2, 2002, two young Anishnaabwekwe from Grassy Narrows
Asubpeeschoseewagong went out to the woods in the snow to start what is
now one of the longest running indigenous blockades in the recent memory
of Turtle Island. Please join us to mark a decade of resistance and
achievement, and remember the work still to be done.
10 Years of the Grassy Narrows Blockade: A Sacred Fire at Queen's Park
Sunday, December 2nd, 2pm-6pm
Queen's Park Front Lawn
Sacred Fire, Snacks Served, Children's Games, and Community Gathering
In the decade since the blockade began, the community continues resist in their traditional territories.
For many years now, despite the ongoing threat of logging, grandmothers,
mothers, trappers and youth have held off some of the world's largest logging corporations. The community has also taken the Ontario government
to task for inaction on the ongoing effects of mercury poisoning on
their families and ecosystems.
Many of you, your families, your
organizations, your communities, have supported their efforts in the
last decade. The Sacred Fire at Queen's Park Lawn on December 2nd, 2012,
is a great way to show your ongoing support and to mark an important
anniversary in the fight to protect Indigenous rights and the water,
air, land, and creatures that we all depend on.
Email earthjust...@gmail.com with any questions, and visit Freegrassy.org for more info and updates.