Cottagers & Indians

Episode aired Jul 4, 2020

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James Whetung is reclaiming his Indigenous right to cultivate wild rice on Ontario's Pigeon Lake, but local homeowners are furious about large-scale changes in the waterways.James Whetung is reclaiming his Indigenous right to cultivate wild rice on Ontario's Pigeon Lake, but local homeowners are furious about large-scale changes in the waterways.James Whetung is reclaiming his Indigenous right to cultivate wild rice on Ontario's Pigeon Lake, but local homeowners are furious about large-scale changes in the waterways.

Directors
- Paul Kemp
- Drew Hayden Taylor
Writers
Star
- James Whetung

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YOUR RATING

Directors
- Paul Kemp
- Drew Hayden Taylor
Writers
Star
- James Whetung

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See production info at IMDbPro

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5/10

OMG

I know this will be the unpopular opinion.

Here it goes. James Whetung seems deranged. So does his dogooder wife who wants to single-handedly right all the wrongs of her people. Sorry Michelle, the perma-smile seems either contrived or the result of self-medicating.

So let me get this straight: the lake belongs to the Indigenous people even though, rightly or wrongly, a portion of it, as the doc notes, is designated for the cottagers? And apparently, because James Whetung is Indigenous, he can plant wild rice over the entire lake for profit, and the government, because it doesn't want to get cancelled, is saying nothing about it?

Ok. Got it.