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“The emotion, the adrenaline, the nerves – I felt all of it getting ready.” —Washington Capitals player Ethan Bear

“There’s an issue in the past that was called ‘drainage.’ You could literally see where the reserve boundary is by the number of pump jacks that were just off the reserves.” — Stephen Buffalo, president and CEO of the Indian Resource Council of Canada

Indigenous Relations budget “only basically down on the climate change stuff. Other than that our budget is actually up a little bit.” — Indigenous Relations Minister Rick Wilson

“The resources we receive will help us work toward closing the socio-economic gap in our communities because the resources will stay in our communities, and stay and benefit our northern economy.” — Burns Lake Band Chief Dan George

“Canadian police went to great lengths to silence this story. Journalists and filmmakers documenting this history have variously been blocked from accessing newsworthy events…” — filmmaker Michael Toledano

Officials are still working on a plan that will allow residents in the largely destroyed Fort McMurray neighbourhoods of Waterways, Abasand and Beacon Hill to be able to return to their homes and personally retrieve keepsakes and valuables.

“For years our lands, our waters have been suffering from all manner of development and made worse by climate change.” — Chief Peter Powder, Mikisew Cree First Nation

“Our work has really been focused on those situations where costs are really challenging for households and to help address them and to make ends meet.” — Graham Anderson, director of Ecotrust’s Community Energy Initiative