This press release was published on the Center for Democratic and Environmental Right’s (CDER) website on February 18th, 2020.
February 18, 2020 · In January 2020, the legislature of the Menominee Tribe of Wisconsin adopted Resolution 19-52, Recognition of the Rights of the Menominee River.
As the resolution explains, the Menominee people’s “place of origin was at the mouth of the Menominee River where the five clans of the Menominee were created.”
With the river facing grave threats from water pollution, global warming, and the proposed open-pit gold-zinc mine known as the “Back Forty Project,” the Tribe determined that to the protect river it “must secure the highest protections for the river through the recognition of the river’s inherent and legal rights.”
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