"The building is empty, locked, undamaged and under the Pimicikamak flag," states a release from the Cree Nation, which is located approximately 525 kilometres by air north of Winnipeg.

'The project has turned a once bountiful and intimately know homeland into a dangerous and despoiled power corridor.'- said Cross Lake First nation Chief Cathy Merrick on the Jenpeg generating station. Pimicikamak guarantees the safety and well-being of these people, and ensures that hydro facilities will not be damaged."

"This is our home; we will not let it be trampled," said Chief Cathy Merrick. "This dam has been great for the south but for us it is a man-made catastrophe. Hydro needs to clean up the mess it has created in our homeland. Hydro needs to treat us fairly."

Premier Selinger is taking over negotiations after a visit to Cross Lake by Minister Struthers and Hydro CEO Thompson last week.

View October 21, 2014 Winnipeg Free Press article
View October 17, 2014 Aboriginal Peoples Television Network News article
View October 17,2 014 CBC News article
View October 17, 2014 Official Pimicikamak Statement on the Takeover of Jenpeg
View October 17, 2014 Winnipeg Free Press article
View October 16, 2014 Global article
View October 16, 2014 The Globe and Mail article