DoomsdaysCW<p>The growing movement of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a> leaders across <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NorthernOntario" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthernOntario</span></a> opposing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearWaste</span></a> dump</p><p>'We live off the land every day. It’s the most precious food market we have in the world'</p><p>October 3, 2024<br>Jon Thompson</p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirstNations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstNations</span></a> opposing nuclear waste burial in northwestern Ontario are growing in number and are now mobilizing across the region.</p><p>"A fledgling movement of Indigenous leaders hosted a small rally with non-Indigenous allies in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ThunderBay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThunderBay</span></a> on Wednesday, with a refrain of 'Gaa-Wiin,' the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Anishinaabemowin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Anishinaabemowin</span></a> word meaning 'no' to nuclear waste burial.</p><p>"The demonstration followed a letter signed by nine chiefs last week, asking the Nuclear Waste Management Organization to respect their will not to bury Canada’s most <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/radioactive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>radioactive</span></a> nuclear waste in a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DeepRepository" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeepRepository</span></a> site between the town of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ignace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ignace</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WabigoonLake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WabigoonLake</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ojibway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ojibway</span></a> First Nation.</p><p>"The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NWMO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NWMO</span></a> is expected to issue a final decision by year’s end as to whether it will transport used <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearFuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearFuel</span></a>, produced since the 1960s, by either train or highway over 1,600 kilometres to a deep geological repository. If the Ignace is chosen over Bruce County, where nuclear energy and its waste is produced, transportation would begin in the 2040s and will take 40 years to complete. </p><p>"Although the site selection process has been underway for 20 years, the looming final decision has prompted political actions, including a larger <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ThunderBay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThunderBay</span></a> demonstration in April and a march last month along the highway near the proposed site.</p><p>"'I don’t know why some people just don’t understand,' Asubpeeschoseewagong <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Anishinabek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Anishinabek</span></a> (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GrassyNarrows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GrassyNarrows</span></a> First Nation) <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChiefRudyTurtle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChiefRudyTurtle</span></a> told the crowd of around 300 people. 'It’s so simple: no means no. That’s all it is. Why can’t you understand that? We are saying no, we don’t want nuclear waste.'"</p><p>"Thirteen First Nations have now signed on to last week’s statement opposing the repository, including <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NorthwestAngle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthwestAngle</span></a> #33, whose leadership committed to the cause on Wednesday. Signatories include <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FortWilliamFirstNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FortWilliamFirstNation</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Gakijiwanong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gakijiwanong</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Anishinaabe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Anishinaabe</span></a> (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LacLaCroix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LacLaCroix</span></a> First Nation), <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GullBayFirstNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GullBayFirstNation</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Kitchenuhmaykoosib" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kitchenuhmaykoosib</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Inninuwug" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Inninuwug</span></a> (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigTroutLake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigTroutLake</span></a> First Nation), <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MuskratDam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MuskratDam</span></a> First Nation, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Neskantaga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Neskantaga</span></a> First Nation, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NetmizaaggamigNishnaabeg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NetmizaaggamigNishnaabeg</span></a> (Pic Mobert First Nation), <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ojibways" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ojibways</span></a> of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Onigaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Onigaming</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ShoalLake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ShoalLake</span></a> #40 First Nation, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wapekeka" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wapekeka</span></a> First Nation, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WauzhushkOnigum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WauzhushkOnigum</span></a> Nation."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://ricochet.media/indigenous/the-growing-movement-of-indigenous-leaders-across-northern-ontario-opposing-nuclear-waste-dump/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ricochet.media/indigenous/the-</span><span class="invisible">growing-movement-of-indigenous-leaders-across-northern-ontario-opposing-nuclear-waste-dump/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoNukes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoWar</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearWasteDump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearWasteDump</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/InformedConsent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InformedConsent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CanadaFirstNations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CanadaFirstNations</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearTransport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearTransport</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativeAmericanNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NativeAmericanNews</span></a></p>