The following remarks were given by Ivan Moose from Fox Lake Cree Nation at the Keeyask Generation Project Public Hearings.
“Because over the years, what has been happening is we have been so busy concentrating on the land, the water, the animals and the birds, that we have completely forgotten what happened to the people that lived in Gillam when Hydro first came up. And these are the people that we should be concentrating on. There are many stories that haven’t been told.” – Ivan Moose, Fox Lake Cree Nation
Testimony of Ivan Moose from Fox Lake Cree Nation. Manitoba Clean Environment Commission (MCEC). Keeyask Generation Project Public Hearings. (December 9, 2013). Transcript of Hearings Held at the Fort Garry Hotel in Winnipeg, MB. Volume 24; page 5448. Retrieved from the MCEC website: http://cecmanitoba.ca/hearings/keeyask-generation-project/doc/Transcripts/Transcripts_-_Keeyask_Winnipeg_Hearing_Dec_9,2013.pdf
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