Victor Muise, left, and his student Madison Bedo of the White Wolf Drummer Group, are seen participating in a “Singing to the Waters” event this morning at Shoal Point near Boswarlos on the Port au Port Peninsula.
“This is not a demonstration or a protest or about getting status cards. This is about our earth, our water and environment and praying through song, dance and drumming that damage of the past can be contained and the people and environment not be neglected in the future,” he said this morning.
Those in attendance came from every walk of life and while the majority of people were from the Bay St. George area, others came from Corner Brook and St. John’s with visitors from Alberta also in attendance.
There are strong concerns by native and environmental groups in the area of leakage from former wells drilled at Shoal Point on the Port au Port Peninsula and that although it has been identified as from the wells and not natural seepage that no work has started yet on stopping it.
Suzanne Barry, one of the participants with strong concerns about the environment, said people can expect to see more gatherings like this in the months and years ahead.
“This is just the beginning. Really, a person cannot be aboriginal and not concerned with the environment. It’s impossible,” she said.
© Frank Gale/The Western Star
Victor Muise, left, and his student Madison Bedo of the White Wolf Drummer Group, are seen participating in a “Singing to the Waters” event at Shoal Point near Boswarlos on the Port au Port Peninsula.
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