Who Speaks for the River?Who Speaks for the River?
the Oldman River Dam and the Search for Justice
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Current format, Book, 2013, , Available . Offered in 0 more formats"Who Speaks for the River" tells the true story of the collision between power and justice in the desperate final battle between the Alberta government, Friends of the Oldman, and members of the Piikani First Nation surrounding the building of Alberta's Oldman River dam. Environmentalist Martha Kostuch uses the law and "Woodstock of the Environment," the largest environmental rally in Canada, to stop construction of the dam. Piikani First Nation activist Milton Born With A Tooth and his group The Lonefighters, use protests, bulldozers to divert the Oldman River, and one shotgun which Milton fires at police. Those shots result in Milton facing an unfair trial, which one observer characterizes as "what Native people have faced for a century."
"Who Speaks for the River" tells the true story of the collision between power and justice in the desperate final battle between the Alberta government, Friends of the Oldman, and members of the Piikani First Nation surrounding the building of Alberta's Oldman River dam. Environmentalist Martha Kostuch uses the law and "Woodstock of the Environment," the largest environmental rally in Canada, to stop construction of the dam. Piikani First Nation activist Milton Born With A Tooth and his group The Lonefighters, use protests, bulldozers to divert the Oldman River, and one shotgun which Milton fires at police. Those shots result in Milton facing an unfair trial, which one observer characterizes as "what Native people have faced for a century."
"Who Speaks for the River" tells the true story of the collision between power and justice in the desperate final battle between the Alberta government, Friends of the Oldman, and members of the Piikani First Nation surrounding the building of Alberta's Oldman River dam. Environmentalist Martha Kostuch uses the law and "Woodstock of the Environment," the largest environmental rally in Canada, to stop construction of the dam. Piikani First Nation activist Milton Born With A Tooth and his group The Lonefighters, use protests, bulldozers to divert the Oldman River, and one shotgun which Milton fires at police. Those shots result in Milton facing an unfair trial, which one observer characterizes as "what Native people have faced for a century."
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- Markham, Ontario : Fifth House Publishers, [2013]., ©2013
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