The aboriginal community is hoping Canada's highest court will overturn an Ontario Court decision which struck down logging restrictions inside the First Nation's traditional territory put in place by a lower court decision.

"Grassy Narrows is determined to protect its treaty rights and to protect the integrity of our lands. (The lower court judge) made the right decision when she held the governments to the agreement they made with our people in 1873. We were gravely disappointed when the Court of Appeal disagreed. We hope that the Supreme Court of Canada will agree to hear our appeal and restore the trial judgment," said Simon Fobister, the chief of Grassy Narrows.

The ruling being appealed was made by the Ontario Court of Appeal in March, where the judge found the wording of Treaty 3 does not prevent the provincial government from issuing logging for areas such as the Whiskey Jack Forest which is inside Grassy Narrows' territory.