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Who Speaks for the River? - 9781927083017

Un libro in lingua di Robert Girvan edito da Fifth House, 2013

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Who Speaks for the River? tells the true story of the collision between power and justice in the desperate final battle between government officials, environmentalists and members of the Piikani First Nation surrounding the building of a dam project. Environmentalist Martha Kostuch uses the law and organizes a huge environmental rally to stop construction of the dam. Piikani First Nation Activist Milton Born With A Tooth and his group The Lonefighters, use protests and bulldozers and one shotgun. The use of that shotgun results in Milton standing trial against a system stacked against him – a system which one observer characterized as “what Native people have faced for a century.”
“My world cannot be documented on your white paper with words. Your dictionaries reveal the white society and show how whites go in circles. Words that simply refer to words and are only excuses for what’s real. The real world is about fresh air as medicine going into my lungs and the enjoyment of each meal as my last one.” (Milton Born With A Tooth, while awaiting his first trial)

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