Click on poster for larger version. Please note the new location. (Revised poster courtesy Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Mining Outreach and Education Initiative)
The purpose of this forum is to educate the community on mining in order to increase awareness of its historical and contemporary impacts within the Lake Superior basin and Ojibwa ceded territory.
An informed community will have more capacity for protecting the environment and envisioning sustainable solutions for the future.
The Keynote Speaker will be Bad River Tribal Chairman Mike Wiggins Jr., whose community recently succeeded in preventing rollbacks to Wisconsin mining law that would have permitted a large taconite mine upstream from their community.
The event will also include guest speakers from the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Mole Lake Sokaogon Chippewa Community, Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission, Chippewa-Ottawa Resource Authority, National Wildlife Federation and the U.S. Department of Interior.
Anyone who is curious or concerned about the new wave of mining interest throughout much of the western U.P. and the Lake Superior watershed should definitely come to this event to learn more.
There is no registration fee. It is still possible to register by signing in at the door.
Click here for the schedule of speakers and activities.
For the Sunrise Water Ceremony on Saturday: Meet just before sunrise at the Lighthouse at the Ojibwa Campground, off US 41. Watch for signs posted. Women need to bring and wear long skirts. Bring water from where you are coming from.
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