When Worlds Collide: Critical Minerals and the Fate of the Maymayquayshwak Anishinaabe in Ontario, Canada
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https://doi.org/10.22584/nr58.2025.005Keywords:
Indigenous Rights, Duty to Consult, Critical Minerals, Harvesting RightsAbstract
Now, more than ever, critical minerals are in demand. However, in the rush to bring these resources to market, mining can have severe, adverse impacts on the people who use and enjoy the places where these minerals are found. The Maymayquayshwak Anishinaabe who reside in Ni da tak keem nahm, a remote region in Northwestern Ontario, are a telling example. Also known as the North Spirit Lake First Nation, the community is contending with a mining company whose operations in their territory pose an existential threat to their way of life. This article describes their plight and how the duty to consult Indigenous Canadians about industrial developments in their Territories failed in this case
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