Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 11:49:48 -0600
Subject: Re: Cree Indian Saying...



    Cree Indian Reality:

Friday, February 01 2002 -AT- 11:23 AM CST

Quebec's Cree indian lands and rights sold for 3,8 billion. $ The treaty
will be signed february 7th. Cree community wants profits from
hydroelectricity and forestery projetcs even if everybody knows their famous
prophecy ; ''Only after the last tree has been cut down, Only after the last
river has been poisoned, Only after the last fish has been caught, Only then
you will find out that money cannot be eaten.'' Cree prophecy

It was hailed as a triumph, the final, cheery chapter of an otherwise messy
history between the Quebec government and the province's Cree. The 50-year
deal, worth at least $3.6 billion, would give the Cree much needed income
and stability, while allowing the province to develop the vast
hydroelectric, forestry and mining opportunities in the north.