Rosie Koostachin has raised children and grandchildren in Attawapiskat, almost left the reserve once when times were bleak. But she stayed, citing her love for her wilderness home.
Spencer Wynn/Toronto Star
Spencer Wynn/Toronto Star
By Raveena Aulakh
This isolated Cree reserve is unsustainable in the long run— yet the people here love their wilderness home deeply.
I think we have to commend Rosie and those who hold the same views and I guess that they expect you and I to feel guilt and spend the resources to drain the cesspool on an annual basis rather than move to a new area. Rosie doesn't realize that many, many of us non Indians move to a new location when conditions in our present location doesn't meet our satisfaction and believe it or not WE pay for that right.
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