Article from Earthfix-- Wyoming Offers Northwest Tribal Leaders A Free Trip To Coal Country Here are a couple excerpts from the article: As for the all-expenses-paid trip to Wyoming coal country, Timothy Ballew, tribal chairman of the Lummi Nation, whose lands are adjacent to the site of the proposed Gateway Pacific Terminal, said he will not be attending. Chairman Ballew and the Lummi council sent a letter in response to the Wyoming governor’s offer. In it, Ballew said, there is no purpose to be served by accepting your offer. We are well aware of the nature of the coal mining industry and its impacts on the environment. ” The letter goes on to say that the operation of the Gateway Pacific Terminal represents an unacceptable and unavoidable interference with our treaty fishing rights … and will result in the desecration of an area of great cultural and spiritual significance to our past, our people, and our ancestors.”
Posted on: Thu, 09 Oct 2014 05:05:11 +0000
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