The following remarks were given by John Peters from Gillam at the Manitoba CEC Regional Cumulative Effects Assessment Community Meeting: Fox Lake Cree Nation.
“I know it may seem hard to understand and make the connection of how Hydro took this [culture, language and tradition] away, but if you sit with us and listen with your hearts, the stories of our people’s homes being bulldozed to make way for Hydro, the sexual assault on our women carried out by the workers, the violence and the crime left undocumented, you will understand.” – John Peters, Gillam
Testimony of John Peters from Gillam. Manitoba Clean Environment Commission (MCEC). Regional Cumulative Effects Assessment Community Meeting: Fox Lake Cree Nation. (January 19, 2018). Transcript of Hearings Held at Best Western Hotel in Winnipeg, MB. Page 153. Retrieved from the MCEC website: http://www.cecmanitoba.ca/hearings/regional-cumulative-effects-assesment/doc/Transcripts/Transcript_webredactCECFOXLAKE.pdf
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