Flooding Hope: The Lake St. Martin First Nation Story (2012)
This is a tale of intrigue and sabotage. How is it Lake St. Martin First Nation was permanently displaced from heir ancestral home by the Manitoba flood of 2011? Why would Manitoba government use a water control structure to same upstream cottagers and farmers with only an economic and recreational interest in the land that would flood people with a deep connection to the land: Manitoba Government brought further disaster to this community by unilaterally deciding to build a $100 million dollar water channel beside their reserve and to relocate the community again their will to an old military base.
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Flooding Hope: The Lake St. Martin First Nation Story
2012 / 0 hr 20 minThis is a tale of intrigue and sabotage. How is it Lake St. Martin First Nation was permanently displaced from heir ancestral home by the Manitoba flood of 2011? Why would Manitoba government use a water control structure to same upstream cottagers and farmers with only an economic and recreational interest in the land that would flood people with a deep connection to the land: Manitoba Government brought further disaster to this community by unilaterally deciding to build a $100 million dollar water channel beside their reserve and to relocate the community again their will to an old military base.
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