Marcus Johnstone
During an environmental justice rally
At the Clean air, good jobs, and justice protest in Detroit
(See the photo set page for more background)
Suzanna is from Fort Chipewyan, a native community which is downstream from the tar sands. The water pollution from those tar extraction and processing operations poisons native people in the area, who have to deal with rare cancers, and other health problems -- while devastating their way of life and the surrounding environment, in other ways. In Fort Chipewyan, natives either have to live off of poisoned land and water, or they have to give up their traditional diet.
During an environmental justice rally
At the Clean air, good jobs, and justice protest in Detroit
(See the photo set page for more background)
Suzanna is from Fort Chipewyan, a native community which is downstream from the tar sands. The water pollution from those tar extraction and processing operations poisons native people in the area, who have to deal with rare cancers, and other health problems -- while devastating their way of life and the surrounding environment, in other ways. In Fort Chipewyan, natives either have to live off of poisoned land and water, or they have to give up their traditional diet.