Adelard Blackmard
Buffalo River Dene nation, Canada
We can tell how extreme the weather is changing by how cold it gets in the winter You can’t predict what the weather is going to be like, it changes constantly, you can see it. Mother nature is very confused.
We always have to be prepared, because we don’t know what is going to happen.
We see the impact of climate change on our health, a lot of it is affecting the health of our people especially our elders, they have found new diseases, we don’t know what to expect.
'Nobody is listening, nobody wants to listen, nobody wants to face it. People are closing their ears and even if they listen they don’t hear us.'
Nobody is listening, nobody wants to listen, nobody wants to face it. People are closing their ears and even if they listen they don’t hear us.
There has to be an understanding that indigenous people have a role in taking care of mother earth and have to look after it. It’s a part of who we are, our life and our spiritual well being.
Our people understand what is there on mother earth and the healing that we have to go through, we have to understand.
We have to recognize what Mother Earth is telling us - she has had enough, but nobody will listen. We have to find a way to deal with that and part of that is creating an awareness that as indigenous people, maybe, we have the solution – if you listen.