Members of the Big Trout Lake First Nation will be
rallying in Kenora tomorrow in support of their
band members who were jailed last week for contempt of
court.
The lone female protester is being transferred to the
Kenora Jail, and the women of Big Trout Lake and the
Nishnabe-Aski Nation are staging the event on her behalf.
Treaty Three Justice Projects Coordinator Mary Alice
Smith says they want to garner more attention Province
wide.
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Head Councillor Cecilia Begg was sent to jail last week
for six months for refusing to obey a court order to allow
the mining company Platinex to conduct exploration work in
their traditional land use territory.
