13 The Lax Kw’alaams Tribe

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This is the website of the Lax Kw’alaams tribe near the mouth of the Skeena River. They currently oppose oil and gas development on their land because they believe that it will hurt the fish habitat and have turned down over a billion dollars from the Malaysian state-owned oil company Petronas. It is a basic website that describes their history, gives the latest news, but most importantly links to their study on the potential impact of oil and gas development in the area. Although they claim to have 200 000 fish samples, there are no data, methods or analysis that I can find in this study. I think if they had used a third, non-biased, party conduct this study, it would have held more weight and legitimacy (although it did get the oil company to make a large offer).

http://laxkwalaams.ca/

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