MEDIA INDIGENA 234
Added 2020-11-24 23:35:30 +0000 UTCThe North Says No / MI 234
ON THIS WEEK'S PROGRAM:
One last stand against northern dams. Decades of disruption and destruction later, massive portions of northern Manitoba have been effectively sacrificed for hydro mega-projects, to the seemingly exclusive and enduring benefit of urban interests to the south. Which makes it all the more urgent for a northern Indigenous coalition working to prevent such a fate for what’s said to be one of the last great wild places on Earth, the Seal River watershed. A pristine 50,000 square kilometre expanse of tundra, wetlands and forests, the area’s home not only to caribou and polar bears, birds and belugas, but to the people of the Sayisi Dene First Nation.
In this episode, host/producer Rick Harp sits with Stephanie Wood—Cultural Editor with The Narwhal—to discuss her latest piece, "The last free river of Manitoba," her look at how the Sayisi Dene and the rest of this unique coalition hope to protect the watershed from industrial development forever.
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LINKS REFERENCED / CONSULTED THIS EPISODE:
• “State of erosion: the legacy of Manitoba Hydro": The Narwhal
• "Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas": LandNeedsGuardians.ca
• "A New Report Highlights the Importance of the Seal River Watershed": National Audubon Society
• Wa Ni Ska Tan: An Alliance of Hydro-Impacted Communities: HydroImpacted.ca
• "Tadoule Lake: The People Themselves" [1978]: CBC.ca
• "Nuhoniyeh (Our Story)" [1993]: DER
• "Manitoba's Sayisi Dene: Forced relocation, racism, survival": CBC News
• 'Carbon Cache' series: The Narwhal
• 'Kiss the Ground' documentary: KisstheGroundMovie.com
• Regeneration Canada website
• "Federal program to aid First Nations effort protecting massive, unspoiled swath of northern Manitoba": Winnipeg Free Press
• "Seal River Watershed slated to become Indigenous Protected Area": Government of Canada
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