Menominee Tribe Files Motion To Stop Proposed Mine

Wisconsin`s Menominee Tribe has filed a case in Michigan to stop a proposed mine on what used to be its ancestral lands.

Late last month, the tribe filed a contested case that will eventually be heard by an administrative law judge in Michigan.

Aquila Resources wants to mine for gold, and possibly zinc or copper at a site near Stephenson, Michigan, just across the Menominee River border from Wisconsin...