> A FULL MOON TOUR of the SACRED COLDWATER > SPRINGS > > > Hello David: > Would it be appropriate to post this on Minneapolis > Issues. > Ken Bradley > > A FULL MOON TOUR of the SACRED COLDWATER SPRINGS > > 7 pm Wednesday January 10 > > Historic Coldwater Springs, the Birthplace of > Minnesota, is a Sacred > Site for > native peoples where eagles still soar and fresh > water > still springs > abundantly from the earth, as well as the first > settlement of Minnesota > pioneers, including Swiss, Irish, French, English > and > African > Americans. > > Since the late 1950s, people in the community have > been working to save > this > sacred site from development that would destroy the > historic and > ecological > value of the land. The federal government and the > Department of the > Interior > are moving quickly to sell the land to the > Metropolitan Airports > Commission > (MAC). We oppose this sale and are working to > preserve > Coldwater > Springs. > > Join us on a tour led by people who have been > involved > in this > struggle. You > will learn about the history of the site--the > stories > and legends, what > is > happening today and the alternative plans for > sustainable tourism. > > Meet at the parking lot at the south end of > Minnehaha > Park at 54th > Street. > (Take Minnehaha Ave. South through the park on the > road parallel to > Highway > 55 to the lot just North of 54th) > > Last month's (12/11/00) Full Moon Tour of Sacred > Coldwater Springs was > attended by over 40 warm souls in sub-zero weather. > > Plan now for our second (and warmer) Full Moon Tour > at > > 7:00 pm on Wednesday, January 10, 2001. > > DRESS WARMLY > > Cosponsored by the Preserve Camp Coldwater Coalition > and the Rethinking Tourism Project. We will meet at > the Gathering > Grounds > Coffee Shop (34th Ave S & 50th St) after the tour to > share more > stories and plans. For more info call 651 644-9984 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Please feel free to forward to all. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~` > SAVING COLDWATER SPRING > > The Coalition urges each of you to take one or more > actions in support > of > Coalition requests as detailed in our December 19, > 2000 letter. The > letter > and other information and actions to take can be > viewed at: > http://www.preservecampcoldwater.org. > > Please call the Governor Ventura 651 296-3391 and > urge > the Governor to > coordinate the various factions of state government > to > work together to > develop an interchange configuration where highways > 55 > and 62 come > together > that each and every party can attest will do no harm > to historic > Coldwater > Springs and also to support a park at Camp Coldwater > and Coldwater > Springs > with sustainable (non-commercial) tourism. > > Please call Senator Wellstone at 651-645-0323 or > 1-800-642-6041 and > urge him > to help stop the sale to the Metropolitan Airports > Commission and to > help > Camp Coldwater be declared a national monument or > support the land > being a > national or state park. > > Thank you! > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Photos - Share your holiday photos online! > http://photos.yahoo.com/ > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos - Share your holiday photos online! http://photos.yahoo.com/
