<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>23</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Anonymous</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Royal Society report on tar sands ignores traditional knowledge</style></title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2010</style></year></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=2213542861&amp;sid=4&amp;Fmt=3&amp;clientId=12301&amp;RQT=309&amp;VName=PQD</style></url></web-urls></urls><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">	Ottawa: Canada NewsWire	</style></pub-location><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">	15-Dec	</style></volume><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">	en 	</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">	&quot;&quot;&quot;Despite the conclusions within this report, the truth is that how these tar sands are affecting local people and their traditional lands can only be described as deadly. There has been a clear lack of participation by our Elders and knowledge holders in the review of tar sands impacts, undermining an honest and holistic assessment of what is really going on in this region,&quot;&quot; asserted Alice Martin, Cree Elder. &quot;&quot;What is terrible is that this report suggests that the Indigenous people who have the traditional knowledge, the people of the land, do not know what they are talking about when it comes to the environmental and health impacts in there community! It is evident that the ugly truth about the tar sands is not what the government wants to hear, because it will impact the economy in a negative way, but the question is how will this lack of truth impact the people who have lived for generations on this land?&quot;&quot;</style></abstract><custom1><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">	First Nations, traditional knowledge, tar sands, traditional lands, elders	</style></custom1><custom4><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">	CEMA	</style></custom4></record></records></xml>