In Québec, Its Power Versus A People On Hydroelectricity

BAIE COMEAU, QUÉBEC - JANUARY 20: Mary Anne Hervieux, 83, meets with other members of the Pessamit community, an indigenous group of the Innu nation whose ancestral lands are now the source of nearly one-third of Hydro-Québec's hydropower, to talk about the rivers, dams and power company in Baie Comeau, Québec on Jan. 20, 2018. Massachusetts bids for lucrative long-term contracts from Hydro-Québec, a government-owned company that generated $13.3 billion in revenue in 2016 from its immense system of 63 dams and 27 reservoirs, many of which were built amid great controversy, have thrust the state into a long-running dispute between the power company and the regions indigenous peoples, some of whom have accused Hydro-Québec of cultural genocide and damaging rivers that have been vital to their economy and traditions for generations. (Photo by David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)