6 "Disappearing" Rural Homes

6  "Disappearing" land bought and maintained as a chosen rural lifestyle is wrong. 

Land along the Halfway River, closer to the Peace than here, will also be flooded. 

Many others, not only First Nations, live close to / on the land. Those who have chosen to live within the beauty and abundance of a rural setting will also be losers, forced by the decisions of others to abandon an outdoor lifestyle for something less desirable. It is the imposition, the being forced to change by decisions made by others, of having your voices unheard or ignored, the sense of having no control, of impotence, which is both so frustrating and so disheartening. Discouraging, because such disrespect should not be acceptable. It fails to comply with ideals of human rights - respect for the inherent dignity of the individual, our right to own property, to freely choose our work and lifestyle. The right not to have homes subjected to arbitrary interference by the State, not to be deprived of property, not to have our ability to participate in the cultural life of the community curtailed. 

Waiting for the Mother & Calf Beauty Contest at the fall fair.