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By Sadie-Phoenix Lavoie I remember the early days when my older brothers would come home with a freshly snared wabos. I grew up in the reserve, so seeing dead animals was a normal way of living. I was not saddened because rabbits were adorable, instead I was deeply intrigued and wildly curious what they planned on doing it with it once it was snared. They would go into the laundry room and sit on an old dingy pail to begin the process of skinning the animal. I would watch between the slight crack in the door while I sat in the hallway. I didn’t want them to be distracted by my attentivene

By Shirley Ducharme Original Article featured in Winnipeg Free Press January 21, 2020 While in Winnipeg, federal cabinet members will talk about reconciliation while enjoying the spoils of our unreconciled existence. When they flick light switches or charge their phones, they will plug directly into the reality of our community, and others like it. That makes this a good time to invite them to take four common-sense steps that would give us a better chance to regain self-reliance. In 1967, the Manitoba Development Authority noted that per-capita annual income in our community of Sout

By Bobbie Mang’eli, University of Manitoba The 2019 Ki Ta Ski Naw Conference was held from the 8th to 10th of November in downtown Winnipeg on the University of Winnipeg. It brought together participants from Manitoba, B.C, Newfoundland and Labrador, the USA, Mexico, Latin America, as well as India, to discuss social, environmental and economic hydro-development impacts and solutions. Ki Ta Ski Naw means Our Land in Cree and the theme for this year was ‘Reflecting and Acting on Hydropower and Energy Justice’. The days started early with plenary sessions and keynote speakers in the

By Sadie-Phoenix Lavoie From September 20-27th, over 7.6 million people in 185 countries participated in more than 6,100 Global Climate Strike protests, 85 of which were Canadian cities and towns, including 1 million Canadians and 15 thousand people in Winnipeg. It has been claimed to be the largest global protest in history. People of all intersectionalities, including “73 trade unions, 820 civil society organizations, 3,000 companies and 8,500 websites” came together to demand stronger action to address Climate Change and to push for environmental policies that meet the Paris Agreemen

Original article from Amandala Newspaper: On the environment and health fronts, it has not been a good year. We are a little past halfway through 2019 and we are in a drought that’s beginning to compare with 1975:  at least two of our rivers have never been this unhealthy, and we are in the middle of a frightening dengue outbreak. We are also in the midst of making final preparations for that time of year, our nervous annual storm watching season. We normally don’t look favorably at weather systems coming off the west coast of Africa, but this year we might welcome a storm, if it

By Dennis Anderson, Samantha Blais and Bobbie Mang'eli Tour of hydro-affected communities - Misipawistik (Grand Rapids), Kinasoa Sipi (Norway House), Pimicikamak (Cross Lake), Makeso Sakaihikun (Fox Lake), Tataskweyak (Split Lake), O-Pipon-Na-Piwin (South Indian Lake), Nisichawaysihk (Nelson House) with Professor Peter Kulchyski and group of 12 on Wednesday, July 10 - Tuesday, July 16. Three rental vehicles - drivers are Peter, Jessica, and Dennis. Wednesday, July 10 Leave Winnipeg to Misipawistik. Meet with Gerald McKay and have a fish lunch at his place - pickerel and white fish. Ge

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