Date: 11/7/96
From: noming@wi.frontiercomm.net
From the video cover:
The Wolf River is one of the last pristine waters in the Midwest. The
headwaters of the Wolf lie in the springs, marshes and wetlands in
Forest County, Wisconsin, the homeland of the Sokaogon Mole Lake
Chippewa Tribe. The waters that flow through the Chippewa's wild rice
lake and into the Wolf River are now threatened by Exxon and Rio
Algom's proposed metallic sulfide mine and 355 acre toxic waste dump at
the headwaters of the Wolf River. This film documents the largest,
broadest, multiracial alliance ever formed over a single issue in
Wisconsin.
(38 min 44 sec)
"This isn't an Indian issue, nor is it a white issue. It's everybody's
issue. Everybody has to take care of that water. The women are the ones
who are the keepers of that water. I ask all women to stand up and
support that and realize that if it weren't for the water none of us
would be here today because when we first started out in life, we were
born in that water in our mother's womb. And that's what they're going
to pollute."
Francis Van Zile
Anishinabekwe (Chippewa woman)
To order contact:
Al Gedicks
210 Avon St. #4
LaCrosse, WI 54603
For more information call: 608-784-4399
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The only way to mine metallic sulfides safely in Wisconsin
. . . Is not to mine them at all!
Menominee Nation Treaty Rights & Mining Impacts
P.O. Box 910
Keshena, WI 54135
Ph: 715-799-5620
FX: 715-799-4525
Email: nomining@wi.frontiercomm.net
http://www.menominee.com/a-one/mccombs/
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Comments from NativeNet listowner, Gary Trujillo (gst@gnosys.svle.ma.us):
So as to make it easier for those reading this article who may not be
familiar with this issue to get some background on it, I have created an
index to articles contained within the NATIVE-L archives bearing on this
important subject. You can access this index via the Web URL:
http://bioc09.uthscsa.edu/natnet/archive/nl/wisc-mine.html
You can also find information at the Web site referenced in the signature
lines immediately above this note.