Milton Born With A Tooth

Milton Born With A Tooth is a Canadian political activist for First Nations rights.

Born With A Tooth first came to widespread notoriety in 1990, when the Alberta government sought to dam the Oldman River, which would have flooded Peigan burial grounds. Born With A Tooth led the Blackfoot Warrior Society in opposing the Oldman River Dam. In 1990, Born With A Tooth used an excavator in an attempt to divert the river away from the dam.[1]

On August 2 of that year, a heavily armed Royal Canadian Mounted Police contingent arrived, and shots were fired. Born With A Tooth was arrested and charged with endangering lives and assaulting eighty officers.[2] He was convicted and spent four and a half years in prison.[3]

Karen Gainer was the defence lawyer for Born With A Tooth between 1990 and 1994.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Oldman River Dam". Retrieved 2013-05-18.
  2. ↑ 1993 statement by Milton Born With A Tooth at NativeWeb.org
  3. ↑ 2006 followup on Milton Born With A Tooth at OttawaCore.com (via archive.org)
  4. ↑ Calgary Herald, 11 March 1994

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