Marten Falls Chief Eli Moonias discusses his communities concerns with local and national media representatives as Matawa First Nations Ring of Fire coordinator Raymond Ferris and Nishnawbe Aski Nation Grand Chief Stan Beardy (not pictured) look on March 3 at Koper Lake in the Ring of Fire mineral exploration area.
Marten Falls has established the second blockade in two years on the Ring of Fire due to concerns over a 40-person camp set up on the muskeg along the shore of Koper Lake.
When I was a boy growing up in my home community of Attawapiskat on the James Bay coast, I was deathly afraid of looking at the full moon.
I grew up...
I’m happy to see the ongoing support and assistance in our northern remote communities to help our people cope with so many lifelong and generational issues...