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U.S. / theGREAT LAKES

THE RESOURCE CURSE
ART + INFORMATION | Water & Treaty Rights in the Great Lakes  of  the United States

Dedicated to all of the kind, generous and passionate people we've met and the vital waters they work to protect.

20% 

of the Earth's fresh surface water comes from the Great Lakes.

U. S. Environmental Protection Agency

THE ISSUES

Permitting procedures for mining operations, which differ from state to state, and nation to nation, don't account for the cumulative effect that multiple projects will have on a region.

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Indigenous Rights

Cumulative Effects

Sulfide Ore Bodies

Regulatory Enforcement

Economic Arguments

Recommended Reading | “Iron Mining in the Lake Superior Basin”, Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission

“Sulfide Mining”, Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission

“United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples”, The United Nations, March, 2008.

What does

Trust Responsibility mean?

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WATCH | Sacred Places: Eagle Rock

Jessica Koski tells the story of Eagle Rock, an Anishinaabe sacred place in Michigan's Upper Peninsula that's now surrounded by a copper mine.

What is Ceded Territory?

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GREAT LAKES TREATY BOUNDARIES & MINING OPERATIONS

GREAT LAKES TREATY BOUNDARIES & MINING OPERATIONS

"My tribe shouldn't be inherently doomed to suffer environmental impacts because our homeland happens to be near a collection of metal in the ground." --Mike Wiggins, Jr., Former Chairman, Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa

The Treaties

The United States Federal government signed and affirmed 600+ treaties with the Indigenous nations of the country. You can read the text of two of the treaties from the Great Lakes region at right. | These documents were prepared by the Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission.

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"We do not give consent for our waters to be contaminated, diminshed, or impacted one molecule." --Mike Wiggins, Jr., Former Chairman, Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa

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