See my article in Anishinabek News, here: http://anishinabeknews.ca/2018/07/09/under-1850-treaty-all-crown-revenues-were-to-flow-to-anishinabek/

See my opinion piece in Anishinabek News: http://anishinabeknews.ca/2018/03/21/opinion-the-anishinabek-nation-war-club-and-the-crowns-loyal-witness/

See my article in Anishinabek News: http://anishinabeknews.ca/2018/02/16/robinson-treaty-annuities-trial-hears-from-ministry-of-northern-development-and-mines/

Check out my contribution to the NiCHE mini-series on hope and environmental history, here: http://niche-canada.org/2017/06/06/hope-and-expectation-on-turtle-island/

Around this time of year – late summer and early fall – forest management turns chemical.  The work of preparing clearcuts for the next crop of timber is done by the weed-killer glyphosate.  Glyphosate is sprayed from helicopters and drifts as a chemical fog over recently harvested areas, settling on the young maples, aspens, birches, raspberries, wildflowers, leaf litter, and a mesh of small streams and wetlands.  This year alone up to 1,550 hectares scattered throughout 16 townships in Robinson-Huron treaty territory are slated to be sprayed. (1)  

The TEK Elders of the North Shore of Lake Huron are working to put a stop to the aerial spraying of glyphosate, because of the harm it does to wildlife, plants, insects, amphibians, and the water.  Hunters from Anishinabek communities along the north shore regularly report that the internal organs of moose contain tumours and other abnormalities.  The hunters connect these observat...