Bemidji Pioneer: 'A different world': Actress, environmental activist Tantoo Cardinal talks tar sands in Red Lake

BEMIDJI -- Before Tantoo Cardinal left her childhood home near Fort McMurray in Alberta, Canada, to attend high school, she spent her time taking in the nature around her.

“I could walk in the bush behind my grandmother and know that there's a whole world out there that's connected to sound and the wind and energy,” Cardinal said Tuesday in an interview with the Pioneer. “That's where I learned how to act, is from walking behind my grandmother.”

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