Spirit Lake and Crow Creek Tribal Historic Preservation Officers object to Afton Wastewater Treatment project In email messages transmitted to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency on September 1, 2016, by Tamara St. John, the widely respected Tribal Historian for the … Continue reading
A representative of the Ho-Chunk Nation calls for a halt to all construction efforts on the Afton wastewater treatment project Letter from Robert V. TwoBears, Ho-Chunk Nation District 5 Representative, Black River Falls, WI, August 31, 2016, to MPCA On … Continue reading
The Tribal Historic Preservation Officer of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe concludes that the Afton Wastewater and Treatment Facility will have an adverse effect on the Rattlesnake Effigy Mound including “the possibility of further desecration” Letter from Teanna Limpy, THPO, Northern … Continue reading
The Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate does not concur in the MPCA finding on the desecration of the Afton Rattlesnake Mound Letter from Dianne Desrosiers, SWO THPO, Agency Village, SD, to Corey Mathisen, Senior Engineer, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, Re: Afton Wastewater … Continue reading
Overwhelming Tribal Rejection of MPCA’s “No Adverse Effect” Finding on the Afton Effigy Mounds…All Four Federally Recognized Dakota Nations in Minnesota Unite to Voice their Objections to the Wastewater Treatment Facility The recently complete comment period for “consulting parties” in … Continue reading
Deadline for comment on the desecration of the Afton Effigy Mound is Thursday, September 1, 2016, at 4:30 PM (not midnight). Here’s the pdf that includes information on how to submit comments: www.pca.state.mn.us Throughout the history of Minnesota as a … Continue reading
Here’s an interesting debate that took place on Fox 9 News in the Twin Cities on the evening of June 1, 2010, between Waziyatawin and John Crippen of the Minnesota Historical Society. It is rare to see history debated on … Continue reading