In my quest to understand more about the issues of FNMI, this blog and the story of Alice Rigney, as written by Emma Pullman, became very powerful and meaningful. In describing the tension between the First Nations values and the “cultural genocide”, I am once again haunted by what is happening in our world today. Greed and power and the disrespect for the land and the peoples is a theme we have discussed in our course. Here, through the medium of personal stories, we can gain greater understanding about the issues surrounding the tar sands and the effects on our First Nations peoples.
http://www.vancouverobserver.com/opinion/tar-sands-cancer-and-becoming-elder-stories-fort-chipewyan