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Who speaks for the river? : the Oldman River Dam and the search for justice

Girvan, Robert, author

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\"Who Speaks for the River? tells the true story of the collision between power and justice in the desperate final battles between the Alberta Government, Friends of the Oldman River 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 try to stop construction of the dam. When the Alberta government either breaks or dodges the law, 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.\"--pub. desc.

• Publisher: Fifth House
• Subject: Dams Political aspects Alberta History. / Piegan Indians Alberta Government relations. / Piegan Indians Land tenure Alberta. / Justice Case studies. / Power (Social sciences) Alberta Case studies. / Oldman River Dam (Alta.) Histoire. / Barrages Aspect politique Alberta Histoire. / Piegan (Indiens) Alberta Relations avec l'âEtat. / Piegan (Indiens) Terres Alberta. / Oldman River Dam (Alta.) History. / Alberta Politics and government 1971- / Alberta Ethnic relations History. / Alberta Relations interethniques Histoire. / Alberta Politique et gouvernement 1971-1985. / Alberta Politique et gouvernement 1985-
• ISBN: 9781927083017, 192708301X

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
TC558.C32 O434 2013	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE