Posted: Apr 24, 2021 6:00 AM CT | Last Updated: April 24
Fisher River Cree Nation Chief David Crate said his community isn t against resource extraction or development projects, it just wants to be properly consulted first as required by the constitution. (Doug Thomas/Submitted)
When Black River Chief Sheldon Kent went to gather traditional heart and anxiety medicines near Lac du Bonnet, he discovered a cottage on a spot where he learned to pick plants with his grandfather as a child.
Kent says the experience a few years ago was unsettling because the medicine is supposed to be picked from uninhabited land and called it an example of a failure to consult First Nations.