Alternate Names
Grassy Narrows First Nation
Latitude
50.15377561
Longitude
-93.99200621
Province
Ontario
Region
Ontario
Type
First Nation Location
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First Peoples Law 2014

Alternate Title
Making the Ring of Fire a Reality
New Human Rights Museum a Monument to Contradiction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Bruce McIvor
[Cornelius Wabasse
Erwin Redsky
Cathy Merrick]
Description
Topics include the implications of the Tsilhqot’in and Grassy Narrows decisions, duty to consult, provincial treaty obligations, and proposed federal land claims policy.
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Grassy Narrows and Islington Indian Bands Mercury Pollution Claims Settlement Act 1986, c. 23

Alternate Title
An Act to approve, give effect to and declare valid certain agreements between the Government of Canada, the Government of Ontario, Reed Inc., Great Lakes Forest Products Ltd., the Islington Indian Band and the Grassy Narrows Indian Band
Grassy Narrows and Islington Indian Bands Mercury Pollution Claims Settlement Act,1986, C. 23, G-11.4
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Government of Canada
Description
Settlement agreement legislated between the Canadian Government, the province of Ontario, Reed Inc., Great Lakes Forest Products Ltd., the Islington Indian Band and the Grassy Narrows Indian Band.
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Grassy Narrows Marchers Offer Government Mercury-Tainted Fish

Articles » General
Author/Creator
David P. Ball
Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 4, July 2012, p. 8
Description

Looks at the high levels of mercury found in Ontario Rivers, the effects of this level on Aboriginal communities and the need for government to compensate people and clean up the contaminated rivers.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.8.

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The Perspective of the Crown: Impacts of the Cases on Constitutional Duties and on the Law of Consultation and Accommodation

Alternate Title
Between Keewatin and Tsilhqot'in: Reflections From the Centre of Turtle Island
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Julie Blackhawk
Description
Presenter highlights of some of the implications of the two decisions, Grassy Narrows and Tsilhqot'in, on aboriginal rights and the management of natural resources from the perspective of the federal crown. Duration: 52:14.
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The Responsibilities of Women: Confronting Environmental Contamination in the Traditional Territories of Asubpeechoseewagong Netum Anishinabek (Grassy Narrows) and Wabauskang First Nation

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Leanne Simpson
Judy DaSilva
Betty Riffel
Patricia Sellers
Journal of Aboriginal Health, vol. 4, no. 2, Aboriginal Womens Health, December 2009, pp. 6-13
Description
Viewpoints of the women, Elders' and Anishinabek Knowledge Holders as to how the contamination of the English-Wabigoon River system continues to impact the community.
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Stepping into Canada's Shoes: Tsilhqot'in, Grassy Narrows and the Division of Powers

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bruce McIvor
Kate Gunn
University of New Brunswick Law Journal, vol. 67, 2016, pp. 146-166
Description
Looks at section 91 (24) of the Constitution Act prior to 2014 regarding interjurisdictional immunity and Crown responsibility; and the Tsilhqot'in and Grassy Narrows case whereby pre-existing law was disregarded.
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[Strong Hearts Native Lands Grassy Narrows Blockade]

Alternate Title
At the Edge of Canada: Indigenous Research
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Anna Willow
Robert-Falcon Ouellette
Description
Interview with the author of Strong Hearts, Native Lands: Anti-Clearcutting Activism at Grassy Narrows First Nation. Duration: 29:09.
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