9 mins September 28, 2015 Sandy Robson
I am posting this to let people know that my comment (shown in screenshot photo) on an “Elect Gary Jensen” Facebook post (shown in screenshot) was deleted, and I was blocked from being able to comment on that FB page. Continue reading
3 mins September 21, 2015 Sandy Robson
The Northern Cheyenne Tribal Council today voted 9-0 to oppose the controversial Tongue River Railroad, which is critical to developing the proposed Otter Creek coal mine in southeast Montana. Continue reading
September 16, 2015 Dena Jensen
In a January 2014 article printed in the monthly Whatcom Watch publication, author Sandra Robson suggested, “Let’s pretend we are big corporations like SSA/PIT and BNSF, who desperately want this coal terminal [Gateway Pacific Terminal or GPT] to be permitted and built,” and asked, “…what could our pretend corporations do about the roadblock that the Lummi Nation presents to the proposed GPT ?” Continue reading
4 hrs September 12, 2015 Sandy Robson
On September 10, 2015 a hearing was held at Skagit County Superior Court in Mount Vernon, regarding a lawsuit filed by Common Threads Northwest (Plaintiff) against Whatcom County (Defendant). Continue reading
Excerpt from public testimony of Kenneth Medicine Bull at the Public Meeting for the Tongue River Railroad Draft EIS at Lame Deer, MT on July 11, 2015
September 9, 2015 Dena Jensen ACTION
Over the course of the last month or so I have been looking through the transcripts of public comments from the Public Meetings for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed Tongue River Railroad that were held in early to mid July 2015. Continue reading
5 hrs September 7, 2015 Sandy Robson
I read a September 2 article in the Northern Light which reported on the latest news about the Lummi Nation’s Lummi Indian Business Council’s August 27 letter to the Army Corps of Engineers, and the news that the Lummi Nation retained Dentons law firm for potential future litigation on the GPT issue. Continue reading
7 hrs September 2, 2015 Sandy Robson
All of us are entitled to our opinions on issues and we have the privilege to submit letters to the editor for our local newspapers. Continue reading
by Sandy Robson
An August 13, 2015 joint press release issued by SSA Marine, Cloud Peak Energy, and the Crow Tribe announced that, “the Crow Tribe and Cloud Peak Energy are joining SSA Marine as partners in the Gateway Pacific Terminal.” Continue reading
Fri, Aug 28, 2015, 11:16 am Tip Johnson
The Lummi are fishers and according to an article in the Bellingham Herald are “done talking” about the proposed Gateway Pacific Terminal. I don’t blame them. Continue reading
12:11pm August 29, 2015 Sandy Robson
After Montana Congressman Ryan Zinke came to Whatcom County on August 18 to tour the Gateway Pacific coal terminal site at Cherry Point, I thought I’d let him know what many of us here think about his efforts to undermine the Lummi Nation’s treaty rights and his pro-GPT propaganda message. Continue reading
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