Stand For The Land - We need to stop the proposed sulfide mining in the Yellow Dog Plains, Marquette County, Michigan, USA
We, the undersigned, are calling for the peaceful assembly of ALL Nations, to protest the proposed sulfide mining which is about to take place on the Yellow Dog Plains in Marquette County, Michigan, USA.
This is ancestral and sacred grounds to the anishinaabeg (aka, Ojibwe, Chippewa) of this area. It has been and is the site of many important ceremonies and gatherings, including "camps" for the blueberry harvest, which the anishinaabeg have participated in for millenia.
Not only is this area significant in regards to spiritual and traditional aspects, it is a vitally important area as far as the environment is concerned; the sulfide mining that Rio Tinto/Kennecott is proposing to commence with has the potential to be devasting beyond imagination. The waters that are in this area drain into Lake Superior, the largest of the Great Lakes, which supply one-fifth of the world's total volume of fresh water. The damage caused to the flora and fauna of this area is just as devastating. For more information concerning the effects of sulfide mining, simply "google" sulfide mining. Be prepared to be horrified.
Please help us to help our future generations. miigwech. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Susan Smart
Updates
April 28, 2010
I have spent my mornings walking through the plains and thinking about the generations who harvested blueberries here long before us. Watching the corporate interest grow in this land is heartbreaking but your commitment to protecting these sacred waters keeps me going.
April 28, 2010
Seeing this momentum grow humbles me because it shows how many people truly care about protecting these sacred lands and our precious water. I am overwhelmed by the connections being built as we pull together to shield the Yellow Dog Plains from this devastation.
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My family has been picking berries there forever. Leave the Yellow Dog alone!!!
Sulfide mining is a disaster waiting to happen. look at the history of these mines elsewhere. pure greed.
Protect the water. Its not that hard to figure out.
dont destroy the UP for profit. once this land is ruined u cant get it back
Keep our water clean. Lake Superior shouldn't be a sacrifice zone for some mining corporation.
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Stand For The Land - We need to stop the proposed sulfide mining in the Yellow Dog Plains, Marquette County, Michigan, USA
We, the undersigned, are calling for the peaceful assembly of ALL Nations, to protest the proposed sulfide mining which is about to take place on the Yellow Dog Plains in Marquette County, Michigan, USA.
This is ancestral and sacred grounds to the anishinaabeg (aka, Ojibwe, Chippewa) of this area. It has been and is the site of many important ceremonies and gatherings, including "camps" for the blueberry harvest, which the anishinaabeg have participated in for millenia.
Not only is this area significant in regards to spiritual and traditional aspects, it is a vitally important area as far as the environment is concerned; the sulfide mining that Rio Tinto/Kennecott is proposing to commence with has the potential to be devasting beyond imagination. The waters that are in this area drain into Lake Superior, the largest of the Great Lakes, which supply one-fifth of the world's total volume of fresh water. The damage caused to the flora and fauna of this area is just as devastating. For more information concerning the effects of sulfide mining, simply "google" sulfide mining. Be prepared to be horrified.
Please help us to help our future generations. miigwech. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Susan Smart
Updates
April 28, 2010
I have spent my mornings walking through the plains and thinking about the generations who harvested blueberries here long before us. Watching the corporate interest grow in this land is heartbreaking but your commitment to protecting these sacred waters keeps me going.
April 28, 2010
Seeing this momentum grow humbles me because it shows how many people truly care about protecting these sacred lands and our precious water. I am overwhelmed by the connections being built as we pull together to shield the Yellow Dog Plains from this devastation.
6 Comments
Lived in Marquette my whole life and this is just wrong. stop rio tinto now.
My family has been picking berries there forever. Leave the Yellow Dog alone!!!
Sulfide mining is a disaster waiting to happen. look at the history of these mines elsewhere. pure greed.
Protect the water. Its not that hard to figure out.
dont destroy the UP for profit. once this land is ruined u cant get it back
Keep our water clean. Lake Superior shouldn't be a sacrifice zone for some mining corporation.
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Lived in Marquette my whole life and this is just wrong. stop rio tinto now.