from George Poitras
WELL. Below is a link of a documentary that was aired on this past Sunday's
CBC News Sunday. I think its an excellent documentary for a number of
reasons. The Fort Chipewyan residents including former Chief Archie Waquan,
Donna Cyprien (Director of Nunee Health Authority), Georg Macdonald (Head of
Nursing Station), Julie Mercredi (Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Member)
and Pat Marcel (Elder, Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation) did an awesome job
of portraying the reality of our current situation. Thanks also to Dr. John
O'Connor and Dr. David Schindler who also give some very credible context
and perspective that is difficult to refute.
I've often said that in my short life, in comparison to many Elders who are
also observing this horrible chapter in our history, that I never would have
fathomed that I would be watching my beautiful, remote & isolated community
on the national news or internationally like we are today. We were a remote
& isolated community, God's country, I often described as "our best kept
secret" which is now the subject of international attention. It is
unfortunate.
The link to the CBC News Sunday is below and for your information watch
Darrow MacIntyre's feature documentary this Wednesday, December 12th on the
CBC National News, second half of newscast:
