The law of the land

This is despite the fact that past decisions by the federal and provincial governments, such as the relocation of the reserve community and the 4. Report of the Ipperwash Inquiry, 2007, Volume 2. . [...] For the people of Grassy Narrows, the struggle to overcome the legacy of these assaults on their identity and culture has been greatly compounded by the impact of additional upheavals in their community in the 1960s and 1970s. [...] These include the relocation of the community, the severe mercury poisoning of the river system and the subsequent collapse of the commercial fisheries. [...] Access to and control of the natural resources of the traditional territory are seen as a vital part of their cultural identity and a key to getting out of the current trap of poverty and dependency created by the erosion of traditional ways of living on the land. [...] To unilaterally exploit a claimed resource during the process of proving and resolving the Aboriginal claim to that resource, may be to deprive the Aboriginal claimants of some or all of the benefit of the resource.