On February 11, APTN’s current affairs talk show, CONTACT, welcomed Clayton Thomas Muller from the Canadian Indigenous Tar Sands Campaign, Tom Goldtooth from the Indigenous Environmental Network, and George Poitras from the Mikisew Cree First Nation for an hour-long discussion about the tar sands, environmental contamination and Indigenous Peoples health in Canada.
You can watch the show in its entirety on APTN’s website, or by clicking on the thumbnail image below (for those having problems using their site.)
If you want to learn more about the issues discussed on the show, see:
- Elevated cancer rates in Fort Chipewyan
- Tailings ponds and the effect of industrial pollution in the Athabasca Delta
- America’s role in the tar sands industry and the media blackout surrounding it (see obama2canada.org)
- Environmental Defense’s report on the tar sands leaking legacy (11 million liters a day)
- “Chemical Valley” and the Aamjiwnaang campaign to monitor contaminants (the bucket brigade)
- Article on the Northern Gateway project
You may also want to visit: oilsandstruth.org, ienearth.org/cits.html, lubicon.org, environmentaldefence.ca
John Ahniwanika Schertow is an indigenous rights activist of Mohawk (Kanienkehaka) and mixed-European descent. For the past 8 years, he has served as the e... 
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