Land of Deep Water - Temagami
Blockades of Red Squirrel logging Road in 1988-1989
by Teme-Augama Anishnabai (Temagami First Nation)
north of Lake Temagami, north-eastern Ontario, Canada
"Our biggest goal is to remain a distinct people, we must preserve our tribal motherland. It gives us our identity. It is our soul in religious aspects."Chief Gary Potts, 1982 |
Chief Gary Potts lights the fire while Michael Paul is offering a prayer in tobacco burning ceremony.
Map of blockades from ottertooth.com
Signs say: Stop the death roads. We are owners of Ka Daki Menan not the undertakers. Caretakeres of NDaki Menan. |
Signs say: Road closed by authority Teme Augama Anishnabai, Owners for 6000 years.
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Map of planned logging of old-growth around Obabika Lake in 1989-91
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Fight for NDaki Menan - "My Land". (in documents and pictures).
- Chronology of the Temagami Struggle..
from forests.org
- Temagami Land Caution Archives: 1996-2003.
from The Temiskaming Speaker
Sources:
- Circles of Time. Aboriginal Land Rights and Resistance in Ontario. David McNab.
- Temagami Experience
- Temagami Wilderness Society
- ottertooth.com