The Yellowknives Dene First Nation has watched as its ancestral land and waters have been penetrated to extract gold since the Con Mine began operating in 1938, followed by the Giant Mine, which opened in 1949. With The Price of Gold, the historians John Sandlos and Arn Keeling, from Memorial University, offer thoroughly documented evidence of the damage…
Ron Verzuh
Ron Verzuh is a historian and documentary filmmaker based in Victoria. He previously lived in Yellowknife and worked for the News of the North in 1973.
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Long before Jed Clampett discovered “a bubblin’ crude” on The Beverly Hillbillies, the world was captivated by oil. Or, as the journalist, novelist, and historian Don Gillmor recounts in On Oil, captivated by a dream of riches that is leading us down a disastrous path. Since the first rig was built in…