Hydro board hopes northern meeting sparks fresh current in Indigenous relations – Winnipeg Free Press
Aug. 21, 2024
A Manitoba Hydro board faced with a mandate to advance Indigenous reconciliation held a meeting in the North for the first time in nearly a decade.
Board members made the 1,000-kilometre trip to Gillam on Aug. 13, touring the Keeyask generating station and meeting with local First Nations leaders.
“It was a facility visit, a board meeting and a great opportunity to spend some time with (Indigenous leaders), hear about their vision for the future of their First Nation and how we can look at win-win possibilities and partnership,” chairman Ben Graham said in an interview Tuesday.
The board toured the massive hydroelectric facility and saw some of the impacts it has had on area First Nations, including Fox Lake Cree Nation.
