Chipewyan First Nation Archive

  • The Earth has a voice. And the fact that any native people have survived on the planet should be a clue that there's a way that does not include money and politics. We have survived by our relationship with natural force. Water is sacred. Air is sacred. If the tar sands isn't stopped, we are going to have a whole new set of problems.

    Tantoo Cardinal on Tar Sands: No Energy More Powerful than Natural Force

    Posted on July 7, 2012 | 2 Comments
    The Earth has a voice. And the fact that any native people have survived on the planet should be a clue that there's a way that does not include money and politics. We have survived by our relationship with natural force. Water is sacred. Air is sacred. If the tar sands isn't stopped, we are going to have a whole new set of problems.

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  • The world's dirtiest oil is produced by strip mining the Athabascan Tar Sands of Alberta, Canada, destroying an area of Northern Boreal forest and wetlands the size of Florida, with toxic settling ponds that pollute rivers fished by First Nations people, requiring pipelines to the Gulf Coast and hauling routes through the Northern Rocky Mountains.

    World’s Dirtiest Oil – Alberta Tar Sands

    Posted on March 8, 2011 | 12 Comments
    The world's dirtiest oil is produced by strip mining the Athabascan Tar Sands of Alberta, Canada, destroying an area of Northern Boreal forest and wetlands the size of Florida, with toxic settling ponds that pollute rivers fished by First Nations people, requiring pipelines to the Gulf Coast and hauling routes through the Northern Rocky Mountains.

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