
Cleaner water, healthier forest result of blocking logging.
by Anna Willow
Ten years ago, on December 3, 2002, members of Grassy Narrows First Nation began a blockade to prevent the passage of logging equipment and trucks through their traditional territory.
Dr Anna J Willow is an Assistant Professor at Ohio State University's Department of Anthropology. Her main research interests include environmental anthropology, environmental justice, landscape, ethnohistory, Native North American studies, Anishinaabe/Ojibwe language and culture, and environmental education and behavior. She has investigated and written extensively about the cultural and political dimensions of Anishinaabe anti-clearcutting activism in northwestern Ontario, Canada.