Hydro Impacts: ErosionThe environmental impacts of hydroelectricity have disproportionately affected Indigenous Peoples who live in the territory of Manitoba. Hydroelectric development has disrupted their traditional way of life, culture, and rights. It has caused the collapse of their fisheries and economy, the loss of their reservation land, the dissolution of their islands that leave dangerous rocks just under the surface of the water, and the violation of their treaties and agreements. Indigenous People have been pushing for justice and compensation from Manitoba Hydro, a crown corporation that has inflicted these harms on them without their consent or consultation.
N'we Jinan Artists - "BEYOND THE ROCKS" // Tsay Keh Dene NationThe Tsay Keh Dene band had to relocate several times and a valley had to be flooded to make space for the Williston Reservoir in the late 1960s, destroying a way of life and leaving a big impact on the community. Many of the elders were also victims of the residential school system — something that’s still echoing with all generations today. So the first song that the students produced called “Beyond the Rocks” became a reflection of the community’s struggles with isolation, relocation and residential school history, but also its efforts to start on a healing journey to gain its culture and language back.
