http://ottawa.mediacoop.ca/old/taxonomy/term/16470/0 en http://www.mediacoop.ca/story/spotlight-hiding-dam-shame-controversial-m%C3%ACw%C3%A0te-sh/36614 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Algonquin Elders speak out against tourist show at sacred site on unceded land in Ottawa </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://ottawa.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/20171007_2249322_0.jpg" alt="" title="Dazzling lights of Mìwàte show obscure the dam imprisoning sacred falls." width="450" height="253" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://ottawa.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/20171007_2223272.jpg" alt="" title="View from the line up of spectators silhouetted by lights. &quot;If you want to see pretty colours, you will see those colours yourself without putting electricity there.&quot; -Elder Evelyn Commanda-Dewache." width="450" height="273" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://ottawa.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/20171007_2158452.jpg" alt="" title="Browsing panels in the waiting area. The panels do not educate viewers about the sacred site, Akikodjiwan, or the developments that threaten it." width="450" height="287" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://ottawa.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/2016_06_17_sacred_walk_group_2.jpg" alt="" title="Group shot taken at &quot;It Is Sacred&quot; walk in June 2016 on Parliament Hill. Hundreds walked in support of restoring and protecting Akikodjiwan. Elder Chartrand is first from the right, Elder Dumont second from the right, Elder Commanda-Dewache is fifth from the left, and Elder Cardinal is fourth from the left. Photo credit: Dr. Peter Stockdale." width="450" height="296" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>For the first time in over a century, the public has access to view the Chaudière Falls in Ottawa, unceded Algonquin territory. Energy Ottawa, a subsidiary of Hydro Ottawa, constructed a new public space overlooking the falls, part of its <a href="http://energyottawa.com/generation/chaudiere-falls-expansion/" rel="nofollow">Chaudière Falls expansion project</a>.</p> <p><a href="http://www.mediacoop.ca/story/spotlight-hiding-dam-shame-controversial-m%C3%ACw%C3%A0te-sh/36614" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.mediacoop.ca/story/spotlight-hiding-dam-shame-controversial-m%C3%ACw%C3%A0te-sh/36614#comments Dr. Julie Comber Akikodjiwan Algonquin Cardinal Chartrand Chaudiere Falls Commanda consent first nations Gehl indigenous KITIGAN ZIBI Miwate ottawa Ottawa 2017 Fri, 13 Oct 2017 17:32:01 +0000 David Gray-Donald 36614 at http://ottawa.mediacoop.ca