Cover
Contents
Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Theoretical Landscape: Context and Significance
Research in a Contemporary First Nations Setting
The Long Road
Terminological and Linguistic Notes
On the Reserve
The Boreal Forest: Climate, Topography, and Ecosystems
Anishinaabe History: Movements in Time and Space
Traditional Culture and Ways of Life
Transitions: A Mixed Economy
Land-Based Subsistence in the Twenty-First Century: Culture, Identity, and Politics
Chapter Two: From Aboriginal Policy to Indigenous Empowerment
The Nature of Native Rights
Treaty Three: Context and Contestation
Negotiating Treaty Three
Interpreting Treaty Three
“Indian Affairs exists to keep us down”
Trends in the Judicial System
First Nations Rising
The Occupation of Anicinabe Park, 1974
Precedents and Possibilities: First Nations Activism from Coast to Coast
Indigenism: Global Contexts and Connections
Chapter Three: A World Transformed
1960s: Relocation
1970s: Mercury
Environmental Health, Environmental Vulnerability, Environmental Injustice
The Grassy Narrows Blockade
Chapter Four: Beginnings
The Grassy Narrows Environmental Group
Logging History, Logging Heritage
The 1999–2019 Whiskey Jack Forest Management Plan
The Grassy Narrows Traditional Land Use Area: Drawing a Political Landscape
2000–2002
Chapter Five: The Blockade
Winter at Slant Lake: The Early Monthsof the Grassy Narrows Blockade
“Be Careful with Abitibi”
Days of Action
The Whiskey Jack Forest Management Plan: Take Two
The Roving Blockades of June 2003
Blockade, Response
Chapter Six: Blockade Life
Slant Lake Days
Discussion: Lighting the Fire
Continuity through Change: The Anthropological Cultural Revitalization Framework
Tragedies and Talks
Chapter Seven: Negotiations and Networks
Alliances
Causes, Compromises, Consequences
Divisions
Talks and Tensions
Open House: Protesting the 2004–2024 Forest Management Plan (Again)
Carrying Winter into Spring
The 2004 Environmental Youth Gathering
Searching for Consensus
Reconsidering Mercury’s Legacy
Chapter Eight: Beyond the Blockade
“It looks like infighting, but it’s not”
A Visit from APTN: First Nations Media Communities
Renewing, Reinventing: Constructing a Wigwam at Slant Lake
Walking Together
Beyond the Blockade
Conclusion: The Blockade Is Still There
Environmental issues are social and political issues
We are part of the natural world
Our future is shared
Introduction
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
