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Gary Besaw is Chairman of the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin.

Menominee River, Wisconsin
January 22, 2018

Wisconsin Tribe Going to Court to Keep a Massive Open Pit Mine Out of Ancestral Lands

By Gary Besaw  /  Northwest Office & Tribal Partnerships Program

With the help of Earthjustice, the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin is fighting the development of an 80-acre mine just 50 yards from the Menominee River.