Inuit group upset over permit to build on archeological site – The Telegram
The NunatuKavut Community Council (NCC) is upset that a permit has been granted to Bay Bulls Properties/Pennecon to develop a site of archeological importance to the Inuit people.
NunatuKavut is an aboriginal organization representing more than 5,000 southern Inuit in Labrador. The site is located at Crow Head near Forteau and has been used almost exclusively by the Inuit of NunatuKavut for centuries, according the NCC.
A permit has been granted for Bay Bulls Properties/Pennecon to develop a road and a marine base structure in the area.
“It’s hugely disrespectful that you would destroy where our ancestors have lived and utilized the land,” says NunatuKavut president Todd Russell. “What’s the legacy left? Our past is going to be compromised or destroyed.”
