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“WHEREAS the Red Lake Tribal Council wishes to once again state unequivocally that the Band has strong cultural and spiritual ties to the wetland resources on and near Red Lake Reservation lands; and,
“WHEREAS the Red Lake Band believes that our water, our fish and game, our forests, our wild rice, our medicinal plants, and our very way of life depend on the maintenance of wetlands on and near the Reservation in their natural, undisturbed state; . . .
“THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Red Lake Tribal Council hereby reaffirms and restates its strong opposition to peat mining in general, and to any efforts to mine the Pine Island Bog specifically; and,
“BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Tribal Council hereby reaffirms and restates its strong objection to any efforts to disturb or deface in any way, or to conduct any on-site or extractive peat operation in any of the peatlands that lie on or near Reservation land, or which lie within any watersheds in which the Red Lake Band has any jurisdiction, including the Red Lake, Rainy River and Black River Watersheds.”
This resolution was sent to the Secretary of the Interior, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Sen. Norm Coleman, Sen. Mark Dayton, Congressman Collin Peterson, Congressman James Oberstar, state senator Rod Skoe, state senator Tom Saxhaug, state representative Frank Moe, state representative Brita Sailer, state representative Irv Anderson, DNR commissioner Gene Merriam, and the Koochiching County Board of Commissioners.