The East Prairie Métis Settlement is one of several Indigenous communities that were hard-hit by the recent wildfires in Alberta. As the wildfire season rages on, residents and community officials are looking among the ruins, pondering how they’ll recover from all the losses.
As her fellow community members return to their homes in the East Prairie Métis Settlement, Tamara Payou stays behind at a hotel in High Prairie, Alta., waiting., burning down buildings, a bridge, destroying trees and leaving behind a trail of ash.
“We estimated a little over $7 million to rebuild my community with everything that we need to do — just the infrastructure on the bridge itself and housing,” Raymond Supernault, chairperson of the East Prairie Métis Settlement, told CTVNews.ca in a phone interview.‘WE’RE GOING TO REBUILD’Located about 165 kilometres east of Grande Prairie, Alta., the East Prairie Métis Settlement has a population of roughly 300 people.
About 180 kilometres east of High Level, Alta., Fox Lake, one of three Woodland Cree communities part of the Little Red River Cree Nation, is experiencing similar heartbreak. The East side of the Paskwa fire burns in the High Level Forest Area district of Alberta in a May 9, 2023, handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Government of Alberta Fire Service, *MANDATORY CREDIT* HO
“The chief said … he doesn't want to rebuild Fox Lake how it was — he wants to build Fox Lake the way it should be. That's what we're going to try and do.”
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