The following remarks were given by Darwin Paupanikas from Pimicikamak Okimawin at the Keeyask Generation Project Public Hearing.
“The medicine that I am going to talk about now. The medicines that we had was very good. It helped us in our health, in the past, and it was gathered by the old people. And their medicine ways that they would practice was very good way, and it was healthful, very healthy. And now today the introduction of Hydro development, it is very scarce, the medicines that we used to gather are very scarce, and the ones that we do get are not as potent as they used to be.” – Darwin Paupanikas, Pimicikamak Okimawin
Testimony of Darwin Paupanikas from Pimicikamak Okimawin. Keeyask Generation Project Public Hearings Community Meeting: Cross Lake First Nation. (October 9, 2013). Transcript of Hearings Held at the Pimicikamak Band Hall in Cross Lake, MB. Page 39. Retrieved from the MCEC website: http://www.cecmanitoba.ca/hearings/keeyask-generation-project/doc/Transcripts/Public_Hearing_Oct_9,2013_Cross_Lake.pdf
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