Robert Kanatawat
Elder and former chief of the Cree community of Chisasibi (Chesapeake) who led legal action and advocacy around the James Bay hydro projects and the Cree fight for land rights.
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Nov 16, 2017 • 32min
Powerline, Part II: The Project of the Century
David Schultz, an attorney who analyzed Indigenous land-rights law in Quebec. Robert Kanatawat, Cree elder and former chief who led the Cree legal fight over James Bay. They discuss Hydro‑Quebec’s massive projects, flooded ancestral lands, starkly different outcomes for two Indigenous groups, legal fights that forced negotiations, and the long legacy of compensation and resentment.
