Indigenous Canadians take leading role in battle against tar sands pipeline
by Joel Stonington in Kitimat, British Columbia from on (#QVDB)
As Canada's election approaches, First Nations join environmental groups in an effort to prevent the building of the country's largest proposed pipeline - poised to travel 700 miles through some of North America's wildest landscapes
Chief Na'Moks stood in the dark of a small smokehouse nestled in the Coast range of British Columbia. Hanging above him were nearly a thousand fish which glinted over the fire below.
"For us, it's one of the most highly prized commodities that we have," he said, pulling one of the glistening candlefish off the rack. "People don't get why we want to keep what we have. We don't want anything from anyone. We just want to keep what we have."
