6/10/2008

First Nations resist Tar Sands

By Lori Waller Briarpatch Magazine June/July 2008

Fort Chipewyan, a tiny northern Alberta hamlet perched on the shores of Lake Athabasca, is historically notable as the location of the province's oldest European settlement, a trading post opened by the Hudson's Bay Company in 1788.

Mention Fort Chipewyan today, though, and what's likely to come to mind for most Albertans is not the 18th century fur trade, but cancer.

“We can no longer be sacrificed”: First nations resistance to tar sands development is growing

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