An environmental hero died yesterday and no one seems to be paying attention.

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'My mother gave me birth, but this land gave me life. Growing up here was an adventure every day. I played with my pet bobcat, my fox, my hawk. All of these things, the good Lord provided on this land.

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But just a stone’s throw away, on that mountaintop removal mining site, you couldn’t find anything alive if you wanted to. It’s bare rock, uninhabitable. Some Native Americans believe we should think seven generations ahead. When you look out on this site, it’s clear we haven’t done that.



Thirty years ago, I said, "Gosh, don’t anybody know what they’re doing out here? How come nobody’s stopping it?" People said, "In six months we’ll have this fixed." It’s been the longest six months of my life. The most common question asked of me is why I keep fighting after 30 years and 7,538 acres lost? It's not complex at all. It's that I'm right. Plain and simple. And mountaintop removal mining is wrong.



But today, things are changing. We are making a difference. Our movement is picking up. People are starting to listen, especially our youth. I hear older folks constantly say that our kids today don’t have direction. I disagree. I’ve spoken to young kids from one end of this country to the other. If you give them the information, and they see mountaintop removal mining, you won’t be able to stop them from trying to end it. And I know we will end it together."



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