We know that the WHA has community members and researchers with a diversity of skills, knowledge, opinions and abilities, and we want to celebrate this diverse expertise. There are a number of different ways to contribute to the Wa Ni Ska Tan Hydro Alliance: share a recipe or skill, contribute your knowledge, tell a story, etc… Below you will...Continue Reading
One week, eight communities. A whirl-wind northern tour of hydro-affected communities. This year’s tour was the third of its kind and took place from June 6th to 12th. Facilitated by Peter Kulchyski, this year saw thirteen students, researchers, and artists visit Grand Rapids, Norway House Cree Nation, Pimicikamak Cree Nation (Cross Lake), Gillam, Tataskwayak Cree Nation (Split Lake), South...Continue Reading
Over the course of three days, from April 28th to 30th, 90 community members, researchers and NGO representatives met in Brokenhead Ojibway Nation to discuss the impacts of hydro development in Manitoba and celebrate the successful application of the Hydro Research Alliance Partnership Grant. A total of 20 communities and 11 organizations were represented, along with researchers and...Continue Reading
We’ve barely had a chance to shout “Woohoo!” but some Hydro Alliance researchers have hit the ground running, submitting proposals for hydro-related research. In response, the WHA Steering Committee suggested an ad-hoc Research Committee be set-up to read and assess these early research proposals. A more formal process is being set up for Fall 2016, but...Continue Reading
With the changing of the season and fall colours sprouting on leaves, it’s a new semester at the University of Manitoba and many new students are walking the higher education gauntlet, navigating a confusing and chaotic new environment on campus. For some students associated with the Wa Ni Ska Tan Hydro Alliance (WHA), this is...Continue Reading
Opaskwayak Cree Nation Trappers Association and Fisher’s Co-op staged a successful protest against Manitoba Hydro this past week, capping off nine years of stalled negotiations between land users and the crown corporation. The issue on the table for this whole time was the disruption to livelihoods for trappers and fishers, after Cedar Lake and the...Continue Reading
August 5th marked the end of the first ever Wa Ni Ska Tan Hydro Alliance Youth Camp, a five-day event in Norway House Cree Nation. We had 30 participants from over eight communities across Manitoba. During the camp youth engaged with elders, asked questions about their communities and learned about traditions and their land. The...Continue Reading
This newsletter connects you with Indigenous water and land rights through stories, research, articles, community voices, and art. Content from communities all across the world provide a grass roots perspective on issues of development including, but not exclusively, hydro development. For paper copies please contact: kelly@hydroalliance.ca or 204-474-9316 * Please note that an error was...Continue Reading
Original Article on the Winnipeg Free Press: A blockade of three Manitoba Hydro sites by Fox Lake Cree Nation ended on the weekend following talks between the Crown corporation and the First Nation. The Crown corporation announced an agreement had been reached following meetings with Hydro CEO Kelvin Shepherd, who arrived Friday morning at the...Continue Reading
Elders and Traditional Peoples Gathering: Anishinaabemowin dago Aki (Language and the Land) The connection that Languages have to the land constitutes an integral part of Indigenous people. You are invited to listen and learn from Elders who shall share their stories and teachings. Keynote speakers: The Honourable Justice Murray Sinclair and Dr. Michael Hart....Continue Reading
