Aug
26
2010
August 26, 2010
Dear WRPC Member,
Winona La Duke, a Native American environmental activist from the White Earth Chippewa reservation in Minnesota, gave the keynote speech at the Third Annual Protect the Earth Great Lakes Community Gathering at the Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College in Baraga, Michigan on July 30. She spoke about the importance of defending spiritual practices at Eagle Rock, site of Rio Tinto’s proposed nickel sulfide mine. “Don’t give up fighting bad guys, “ she told the audience. “”They’re working 24 hours a day doing bad ideas…They’ve got a lot of money, but we’ve got resistance. And the longer you fight the more expensive their projects become..and you can wear them down. That’s my experience.”
