The following remarks were given by Thomas Nepetaypo from Fox Lake Cree Nation at the Keeyask Generation Project Public Hearings.
“There seems to be a lot of depletion of animals, aquatic animals, fish, migratory birds, insects, all that I mentioned before, they are slowly going away. I wanted to mention, somebody mentioned grave sites, North Moose Nose River, before Hydro came, at the mouth of that river is where my late, late, late grandpa drowned. He was the first chief of Fox Lake. My grandfather took me there and he told me exactly where they found his body. That river is not there no more. It has been flooded. It was a beautiful site. Further down river my father took me to South Moose Nose River. We used to have the community site, there is grave sites under that water there. They never did try to preserve that grave site. It is all under water, maybe 20 feet under water. I’m not sure how high that water is since we were last there.” – Thomas Nepetaypo, Fox Lake Cree Nation
Testimony of Thomas Nepetaypo 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 5494-5495. 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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