Turtle Island Solidarity Network

Image of the Grassy Nations community members leading the River Run march in 2024. Signs read “Shut it down”, and “Justice for Grassy Narrows.”

Settler colonialism will never win: the resistance of Grassy Narrows First Nation

Jenny, an organizer with SURJ and the Grassy Narrows Solidarity Group, joined a CPT delegation to Turtle Island three years ago. Since then, she has found ways to continue to support the people of Grassy Narrows. Here she reflects on lessons she learned and ways settlers can get involved in dismantling settler colonialism.

A rearview mirror shows people marching

The longer view

A march through Thunder Bay underscored the enduring impacts of mercury poisoning, and the growing resistance to another threat facing Grassy Narrows.

People at a protest against the Dryden Mill

Shut down the Dryden Mill

On 21 May, First Nations communities gathered outside the Dryden Mill to call for an end to the ongoing poisoning of their environment.

People protesting outside an MPs office

Pray for our endangered Earth

On 22 April, people around the world mark Earth Day. This year, it seems as though many of our governments’ environmental policies are headed in

Two people drumming

Women’s work is sacred work

On 8 March, many of us celebrated International Women’s Day. When I came home from church, my roommate asked me whether my church had marked

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