http://www.lightstalkers.org/galleries/contact_sheet/28983 In 2002, a group of native women from Grassy Narrows, an indian reserve in northern Ontario, Canada, began a blockade on a road near their settlement. Their goal was to stop the logging in the area and vindicate their right to self-determination. The blockade, which still stands, is now the longest running logging blockade in Canadian history. http://www.lightstalkers.org en-us http://images.lightstalkers.org/avatars/39956/autorretrato_byn_small.jpg http://www.lightstalkers.org/Gloria Nieto <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1181192/Grassy_Narrows_little_girl_eating_fruit_small.jpg' /><br />Semiah Keewatin and David Ball rest in the cabin located at the blockade site. David is a CPT (Christian Peacemaker Teams) volunteer.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1181192'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1181192 Sun, 06 Mar 2011 23:52:23 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1181192 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1181192/Grassy_Narrows_little_girl_eating_fruit_small.jpg' /><br />Semiah Keewatin and David Ball rest in the cabin located at the blockade site. David is a CPT (Christian Peacemaker Teams) volunteer.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1181192'>view full-size image</a> Gloria Nieto <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1181198/Grassy_Narrows_road_blockade_small.jpg' /><br />Kody Doxtater, a Mohawk dancer, gets ready to perform at the blockade.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1181198'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1181198 Sun, 06 Mar 2011 23:54:49 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1181198 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1181198/Grassy_Narrows_road_blockade_small.jpg' /><br />Kody Doxtater, a Mohawk dancer, gets ready to perform at the blockade.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1181198'>view full-size image</a> Gloria Nieto <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1181204/Grassy_Narrows_deer_hunter_small.jpg' /><br />Hunters and trappers in the community complaint about how it is getting increasingly difficult to find animals, due to the logging activities.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1181204'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1181204 Sun, 06 Mar 2011 23:56:15 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1181204 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1181204/Grassy_Narrows_deer_hunter_small.jpg' /><br />Hunters and trappers in the community complaint about how it is getting increasingly difficult to find animals, due to the logging activities.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1181204'>view full-size image</a> Gloria Nieto <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1181207/Grassy_Narrows_Mercury_poisoned_lake_small.jpg' /><br />Between 1962 and 1970 a pulp and paper mill owned by Reed Inc., later Great Lakes Forest Products Ltd., dumped mercury-contaminated effluent into the Wabigoon River.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1181207'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1181207 Sun, 06 Mar 2011 23:57:06 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1181207 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1181207/Grassy_Narrows_Mercury_poisoned_lake_small.jpg' /><br />Between 1962 and 1970 a pulp and paper mill owned by Reed Inc., later Great Lakes Forest Products Ltd., dumped mercury-contaminated effluent into the Wabigoon River.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1181207'>view full-size image</a> Gloria Nieto <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1181210/Grassy_Narrows_fisherman_small.jpg' /><br />Mike Fobister, carpenter and tradicional music singer, cuts some fish he just caught from Grassy Lake.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1181210'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1181210 Sun, 06 Mar 2011 23:57:42 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1181210 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1181210/Grassy_Narrows_fisherman_small.jpg' /><br />Mike Fobister, carpenter and tradicional music singer, cuts some fish he just caught from Grassy Lake.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1181210'>view full-size image</a> Gloria Nieto <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1181213/Grassy_Narrows_Mercury_poisoned_old_man_small.jpg' /><br />Tom Peyash, ex-hunter and trapper, is one of the people affected by mercury poisoning.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1181213'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1181213 Sun, 06 Mar 2011 23:58:23 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1181213 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1181213/Grassy_Narrows_Mercury_poisoned_old_man_small.jpg' /><br />Tom Peyash, ex-hunter and trapper, is one of the people affected by mercury poisoning.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1181213'>view full-size image</a> Gloria Nieto <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1181216/Grassy_Narrows_Mercury_poisoned_native_man_small.jpg' /><br />Steve Forbister was diagnosed with mercury poisoning in 2002.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1181216'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1181216 Sun, 06 Mar 2011 23:59:04 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1181216 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1181216/Grassy_Narrows_Mercury_poisoned_native_man_small.jpg' /><br />Steve Forbister was diagnosed with mercury poisoning in 2002.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1181216'>view full-size image</a> Gloria Nieto <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1181222/Grassy_Narrows_night_bonfire_small.jpg' /><br />A sacred bonfire is always kept lit near the cabin at the blockade.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1181222'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1181222 Mon, 07 Mar 2011 00:00:36 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1181222 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1181222/Grassy_Narrows_night_bonfire_small.jpg' /><br />A sacred bonfire is always kept lit near the cabin at the blockade.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1181222'>view full-size image</a> Gloria Nieto