The Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin on Monday formally challenged plans for a huge mine just over the state line in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula in a case the tribal chairman said has national significance.
A leading national environmental law firm representing the Keshena-based tribe filed a 60-day notice of intent to sue the federal government.
The tribe says it has been deprived of treaty rights that are supposed to protect its cultural and historical sites because the federal government has delegated to the state of Michigan too much authority for permitting mines like the one proposed amid tribal burial mounds along the Menominee River....
Ken Notes: After dealing with these issues for 20+ years I promise the lawyers are the only real winners every time in every case...
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