SSA Marine/PIT/GPT’s latest “News Release” warrants a “Cautionary Note” / Facebook post, Sj Robson

GPT news alert.jpgYesterday at 10:04am November 21, 2015  Sandy Robson

When reading a propaganda piece such as the November 17, 2015 “News Alert” shown in the photo from SSA Marine/Pacific International Terminals/Gateway Pacific Terminal, it’s important to remember that the Lummi Nation is continuing to proceed through the proper channels to address their Nation’s treaty rights; government to government with the U.S. federal government, in this case being the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Continue reading

Everything old is new again: Native American rights and the Gateway Pacific Terminal / Noisy Waters Northwest

WWCD WWSeptember 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