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A northern Wisconsin tribe ramped up its push to stop a proposed iron mine, meeting with Gov. Scott Walker to voice their fears the mine would destroy their way of life.
The Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa’s tribal council, with representative of Wisconsin’s other 10 tribes held a 90-minute news conference before meeting with the governor and his aides behind closed doors at the state Capitol, telling reporters the mine presents an imminent threat to their air and water quality. “This is our land. This is where we live. We just can’t pack up and move,” council member Frank Connors said. “Our land is our culture, our history, which runs deep. We came here to protect it.”
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The Bad River tribe and other environmentalists fear the mine could pollute the Bad River watershed, which drains to Lake Superior, and hurt air quality. The tribal council adopted a resolution in May opposing the mine, but took things a step farther, journeying all the way to Madison with its lawyers to air their grievances with the media and Walker.
The tribal council reiterated its opposition to the mine to reporters, calling the company’s job creation claims propaganda, warning the mine could ruin the wetland sloughs where the tribe holds its traditional rice harvests and complaining the tribe has been left out of all discussions about the mine.
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