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8:45 pm, August 14, 2016 | Daughters of Berta Caceres, Laura Caceres & Bertha Caceres, are gifted this blue banner from Grassy Narrows First Nation leader Judy da Silva. Chickadee Richard raises her fist to stand in solidarity with their struggles. At the world social forum in Montreal this year, they shared the challenges of frontline resistance in Honduras where their mother was assassinated on March 3, 2016 for her work in stopping the development of the Agua Zarca dam. Whether you are Anishinaabe on Turtle Island or a member of the indigenous Lenca people of Honduras, "water is sacred." (photo taken in the Park Ex neighbourhood of Montreal) #freegrassy #bertacaceres #justiciaparaberta #indigenousrising #idlenomore (at Park Extension)

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Judy Da Silva is an indigenous leader from Grassy Narrows First Nation who has been fighting for her community for decades. at the fourth river run in Toronto, she talks to the crowd about the impacts of mercury contamination in her community and expresses her frustration with a government that refuses to listen. "today we walk away because enough is enough." #freegrassy #indigenousrising #idlenomore #intergenerational #activism #solidarity #womenofcolor #leader #canon #vsco (at Queen's Park (Toronto))

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Chief Simon Fobister in an op-ed in the Toronto star about #freegrassy : "We must not deny another generation of our children a bright future by refusing to clean our river. It is time for Premier Wynne and Prime Minister Trudeau to join Grassy Narrows in breathing life back into the abundant river from which our health and our culture flow." #toronto #solidarity #fujifilm #vsco #idlenomore #indigenousrising (at Queen's Park (Toronto))

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kids from an elementary school in tkaronto join the river run and sneak into the front of the crowd. their banner reads: "we support Grassy Narrows First Nation." the community of grassy narrows has been calling for action since the 1970s after finding Mercury contamination in their rivers. it's encouraging to see that we are cultivating a strong moral conscience for kids at a young age. bring your kids to protests and rallies. #freegrassy #grassynarrows #indigenousrising #idlenomore #canada #toronto #solidarity #fujifilm #fujifilm_xseries #vsco (at Queen's Park (Toronto))

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Protest for clean water today at #QueensPark #Ontario #FREEGRASSY #FirstNations #Activism #Canada @Kathleen_Wynne

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Grassy Narrows Chief Simon Fobister Sr #freegrassy (at Queen's Park (Toronto))

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WATER: A Human Right AND Responsibility, River Run Walk for Grassy Narrows in Toronto

Former Treaty #3 Grand Chief Steve Fobister, who suffers from the effects of ALS, ends his hunger strike in order to live to fight on.

"Grassy Narrows is a reserve in Northern Ontario. The people have been suffering under the impact of corporate negligence my enter lifetime. Last week in Toronto many people came together for the River Run Walk in support of Grassy Narrow (Asubpeeschoseewagong) First Nation and Chief Steve Fobister’s end of his hunger strike. The evening before, Ryerson University hosted a public forum on Indigenous Rights & Water that included Stephen Lewis as well as Anishinaabe writer Leanne Simpson." Read more on latest MIXED BAG MAG post - http://mixedbagmag.com/2014/08/grassy-narrows/

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Opening the #freegrassy forum with a water song from the Grassy Narrows Womens Drum Group