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Petition To Unite the Cause

May 28, 2010 – 6:01 pm

Please sign a petition to support the coalition who is working to protect public land. CLICK HERE to sign.

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Stand for the Land Memorial Day Celebration, Sunday May 30th

May 28, 2010 – 5:57 pm

Please join us for a Stand for the Land Memorial Day celebration at the Lower Harbor in Marquette, Sunday May 30th beginning at 10 am and ending around 3pm. Please bring your friends, family, signs, and a dish to pass.

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Bribe? Rio Tinto Feeds Police As They Arrest Tribal Members

May 28, 2010 – 4:24 pm

As Tribal Members were rounded up and arrested on Thursday, Rio Tinto employees had their hands full with massive coolers of subs and soda which were distributed to the arresting officers.
This is classified as police bribery and was documented on video. A brief clip can be found at Stand For The Land For full video [...]

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Raid at Eagle Rock

May 27, 2010 – 4:57 pm

Two campers arrested, camp destroyed
By Greg Peterson, Today correspondent
Story Published: May 27, 2010
BIG BAY, Mich. – The defenders of sacred Eagle Rock sat in a circle and wept as they were surrounded by dozens of heavily armed state and local police officers who raided the Eagle Rock encampment the morning of May 27 arresting two [...]

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Protest At Post Office Scheduled for 12pm Today

May 27, 2010 – 3:05 pm

Folks will be gathering outside the Marquette post office at 12pm today, May 27th, to protest natives being arrested by state police on ceded territory.
Call 228.4444 for more information

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Native Garden At Eagle Rock A Success

May 27, 2010 – 8:18 am

Last night natives and volunteers put the finishing touches on a a community garden up at Eagle Rock. The garden was meant to try to heal the land that state land and federally ceded land which was bulldozed by Rio Tinto. Following ancient tradition, the natives planted, among other things, “The Three Sisters” (Corn, Beans [...]

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Camper Counts Coup on Kennecott

May 25, 2010 – 9:28 pm

May 24, 2010
On Sunday one of the campers “counted coup” on a Kennecott worker putting up a fence around Eagle Rock. Kennecott informed the Michigan State Police, who are now investigating it.
According to one of the spiritual advisors at Eagle Rock, “Coup is a hundreds-of-years old tradition of touching your enemy without hurting them. [...]

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The Fight Will Continue for KBIC

May 21, 2010 – 8:53 pm

For Full Story With Photos By Greg Peterson CLICK HERE
By Greg Peterson, Today correspondent
Story Published: May 21, 2010
BIG BAY, Mich. – The Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Tribal Council promised it would continue to fight the Kennecott Eagle Minerals nickel and copper mine even if the owner moves the entrance, at a meeting with those defending [...]

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Map To Eagle Rock

May 19, 2010 – 5:25 pm

Click here for a map and directions to Eagle Rock.

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Please Join In This Global Prayer

May 18, 2010 – 8:55 pm

We, the International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers
Ask you to join us:
MAY 18, 2010
CONSCIOUS PARTICIPATION IN HEALING OUR PLANETARY WATERS
OUR MOTHER EARTH NEEDS YOUR HELP!
Along with many peoples all around the globe, and many water prayers this spring, we are calling for a MASSIVE GLOBAL EFFORT.
Our main intention for this healing is to return the [...]

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