In light of unimaginably terrible recent spate of suicides, I’m reposting an interview with Mike Koostachin that I published on February 22, 2011 to provide background on additional posts I’m working on– Marc Choyt, FJA USA and Reflective Images Jewelry In December, 2009,  members of the Attawapiskat First Nation, part of the larger Cree First

Written by Marc Choyt. Blockade of Victor Diamond Mine Ontario Canada The blockade started on February 11th at 2:30 in the afternoon, in temperatures with wind chill of forty below zero.  The Cree activist who called me was very concerned because the blockaders were being ignored.  Soon my colleague, Greg Valerio posted information on his