Bishop Alex Interview

Alex Bishop was interviewed in Green Lake, Saskatchewan. For many years, Bishop had been the respected local president of the first Métis Association (La Roque was the first president, then Malcolm Norris, Howard Adams, Alex Bishop, and Jim Sinclair at the time of the interview). Since 1965, some major focuses have been with land claims, hunting and fishing rights. Hunting and fishing rights have been threatened by the frequent and uncontrolled activity of American hunters. Moreover, the settlers fishing in Green Lake netted almost all the fish in the lake since because of the nature of the fishing equipment (trolled for large catches). Alex notes the drastic change in the fauna - claiming that the animals were hunted or poisoned. At one time, the area was rich in moose, deer, elk, caribou, fox, silver fox, and black fox. Later, it had been emptied by wealthy settlers because, “So even after the war, there were still lots of animals to trap.” ----------------- Keywords: Lack of Access to Education, Land Claims, Land use (Subsistence Patterns), Resource Degradation