<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for A virtual walking tour of Wisconsin’s Sokaogon Chippewa community]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by boozhoo http://www.grist.org/article/when-the-chippewas-are-down/ Thu, 23 Mar 2006 11:55:04 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/when-the-chippewas-are-down/1 When the Chippewas are down

I work for another Ojibwe tribe, and we all cheered for Mole Lake when they were able to buy out the mine they had fought for so many years. So much effort went into building a case for protecting their way of life.  And it's happening again, today, in northern Minnesota.  There's been a sudden, recent explosion in mining re-starts and new start-ups, with unknown impacts to the natural resources that tribal members have relied upon for centuries. We shouldn't have to keep fighting this battle; the mining companies need to bear the true costs of what they profit from, or they shouldn't be allowed to do business.

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I work for another Ojibwe tribe, and we all cheered for Mole Lake when they were able to buy out the mine they had fought for so many years. So much effort went into building a case for protecting their way of life.  And it's happening again, today, in northern Minnesota.  There's been a sudden, recent explosion in mining re-starts and new start-ups, with unknown impacts to the natural resources that tribal members have relied upon for centuries. We shouldn't have to keep fighting this battle; the mining companies need to bear the true costs of what they profit from, or they shouldn't be allowed to do business.

]]> Comment #2 by psradd http://www.grist.org/article/when-the-chippewas-are-down/ Thu, 23 Mar 2006 12:05:18 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/when-the-chippewas-are-down/2 website

Your home page is the only page I could access.  I'm interested in the commemorative mine borings.  Any chance they'll be available again?

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Your home page is the only page I could access.  I'm interested in the commemorative mine borings.  Any chance they'll be available again?

]]> Comment #3 by Zoltan http://www.grist.org/article/when-the-chippewas-are-down/ Fri, 24 Mar 2006 06:59:52 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/when-the-chippewas-are-down/3 Wisconsin's victory over the Crandon mine

The defeat of the proposed Crandon mine is 2003 was the result of a 28-year battle that brought together Native American nations with white sportfishing groups (who had earlier fought the tribes over treaty rights), environmentalists with unionists, and local rural residents with urban students.  You can learn more about the historic grassroots alliance from the Midwest Treaty Network at http://www.alphacdc.com/treaty/content.html and the book chapter "Defending a Common Home" at http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-64531-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html  But the final victory of "people power" over the mining multinationals (such as Exxon, Rio Algom and BHP Billiton) will only come when Mole Lake is able to settle its purchase debt, and together with the Forest County Potawatomi can begin to manage the site's natural and cultural resources for future generations.  

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The defeat of the proposed Crandon mine is 2003 was the result of a 28-year battle that brought together Native American nations with white sportfishing groups (who had earlier fought the tribes over treaty rights), environmentalists with unionists, and local rural residents with urban students.  You can learn more about the historic grassroots alliance from the Midwest Treaty Network at http://www.alphacdc.com/treaty/content.html and the book chapter "Defending a Common Home" at http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-64531-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html  But the final victory of "people power" over the mining multinationals (such as Exxon, Rio Algom and BHP Billiton) will only come when Mole Lake is able to settle its purchase debt, and together with the Forest County Potawatomi can begin to manage the site's natural and cultural resources for future generations.  

]]> Comment #4 by Yoyo http://www.grist.org/article/when-the-chippewas-are-down/ Tue, 28 Mar 2006 10:11:19 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/when-the-chippewas-are-down/4 When the Chippewas Are Down

I took the "Virtual Walking Tour" hoping to become better informed.  The audio was so woefully bad that I could hardly understand a thing that was said.  Yes, I did turn up the volume, and yes, my first language is English.

Luckily, the text was readable, so it wasn't entirely a waste of time watching.

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I took the "Virtual Walking Tour" hoping to become better informed.  The audio was so woefully bad that I could hardly understand a thing that was said.  Yes, I did turn up the volume, and yes, my first language is English.

Luckily, the text was readable, so it wasn't entirely a waste of time watching.

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