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Blockade: Grandmothers and Mothers of Mishkeegogamang and Saugeen Nations Defend Traplines |
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Written by Women of Mishkeegogamang and Saugeen Nations (posted by tyler)
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Friday, 15 April 2005 |
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As of April 6, Grandmothers and Mothers of Mishkeegogamang First Nation and Ojibway Nation of Saugeen have erected a blockade, which will serve as a gathering place, to prevent the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (OMNR), Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines (OMNDM), and Bowater Corporation, from continuing the development known as the St. Raphael Signature Site. The proposed development threatens their Traditional Territory, and the right of future generations to continue to live as traditional peoples.
The decision to actively resist the St. Raphael Signature Site, a manifestation of the ongoing process of colonization, was made after the MNR refused to stop Bowater from cutting traplines belonging to local trappers, thus violating Treaty 9, signed Nation to Nation.
Anishinabe-kwe made their message clear to the MNR representatives at the Nishnawbe-Gamik Friendship Center when they said, "We want you to go away."
The women have also communicated that no amount of money offered by either government or corporate institutions can compensate for the destruction of their peoples, whose identity as Anishinabek is inherently tied to the land they have inhabited since time immemorial.
In the spirit of protecting Mother Earth, of which we are all indivisibly
a part of, the defenders of Mishkeegogamang and Saugeen Traditional Lands welcome all to come stand strong with them. |
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 08 May 2005 )
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