And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1998 12:23:02 -0600 >From: Zoltan Grossman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC) >To: wisc-eco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Minnesota highway protest camp assaulted, destroyed > >Camp Coldwater at Minnehaha Park, Minneapolis, >was assaulted by state police this morning around >4 pm, December 20. About 30 arrests were reported. >All the camp structures were destroyed by police who >came in riot gear in dozens of squad cars and set up >roadblocks throughout the area, according to a >Midwest Treaty Network observer on the scene. >There are so far no reports of injuries. >Republican Gov. Arne Carlson ordered the assault >as one of his last acts before leaving office, and >chose a day when the main news focus will be >on the Clinton impeachment. > >Environmentalists and Native Americans have >been at the site for four months, to prevent the >rerouting of Highway 55 through the park, >including a rare oak savanna and Native American >sacred site. The state government has planned a >highway in Minneapolis through the area >south of Minnehaha Falls, between the existing road >and the Mississippi River, connecting Hwys. 55 and 62. >Among these oaks lies an area of freshwater springs >known as Camp Coldwater. The Mendota Mdewakanton >Dakota considered the area sacred, and are now >seeking to repossess an area of land around Coldwater >Spring and the confluence of the Minnesota and Mississippi >Rivers. > >Most people do not support this road; already over 8,500 signatures >have been collected of area residents and park visitors who oppose the >re-route--a number that officials still maintain is unrepresentative of the >community. The Final Environmental Impact Statement, which >the Minnesota Department of Transportation (DoT) >will say includes adequate community representation, was completed >over a decade ago, thereby excluding many of today's residents. >The protesters had proposed instead turning the Coldwater >site into an intercultural Peace Park. > >For background, see these web sites, and log on to them for >possible action response alerts: >Stop the Reroute >http://members.aol.com/noreroute/Highway_55_occupation.html >Mendota Mdewakanton Dakota Community >http://www.mendotadakota.org/index.html >Mendota Sacred Sites >http://hometown.aol.com/dmkerr9/Mendota_Sacred_Sites.html > <<<<=-=-=FREE LEONARD PELTIER=-=-=>>>> If you think you are too small to make a difference; try sleeping in a closed room with a mosquito.... African Proverb <<<<=-=http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ =-=>>>> IF it says: "PASS THIS TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW...." Please Check it before you send it at: http://urbanlegends.miningco.com/library/blhoax.htm
