Xelaltxw: Building a Better Tomorrow
This item is only available for Canadian orders.Catalogue Number: RVP001
Producer: River Voices
Producers: Jeremy Williams
Producing Agencies: River Voices Productions
Subject: Canadian Social Studies, Canadian World Studies, Criminal Justice & Law, Environmental Studies, First Nations Studies, Indigenous Issues, Indigenous Peoples, Science, Social Studies
Language: English
Grade Level: 6 - 8, 9 - 12, Post Secondary
Country Of Origin: Canada
Copyright Year: 2016
Running Time: 6:47
Closed Captions: Yes
The Xelaltxw (aka Halalt) First Nation launched a lawsuit in 2016 against a corporate giant, a pulp mill that has destroyed their estuary and prime shellfish feeding grounds on the coast of BC. ‘Xelaltxw’ is a David and Goliath story of a small indigenous community standing up to a pulp mill that has desecrated their fishing grounds and a historic burial site. Wastewater from the mill runs into the river, carcinogens get into phytoplankton in the estuary, and then move up the food chain.
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