Saturday, October 26, 2013 10th Anniversary Reunion of the Historic Crandon Mine Purchase Events for the Day: 10:00 AM Welcome- Chairman Chris McGeshick Opening Prayer –Robert Van Zile Jr. (Sokaogon Tribal Member) Opening Songs- Fred Ackley Jr. (Chief Judge & Tribal Member) and Sokaogon Singers Speakers for the Morning: Menominee Nation Tribal Chairman- Craig Corn Sokaogon Tribal Members- Fred Ackley Jr. (Blanket presentation), Frances Van Zile and Robert Van Zile Jr., Ken Van Zile Menominee Tribal Member-Ken Fish History of the Crandon Mine Purchase Beginning- Glen Reynolds (Former Sokaogon Tribal Attorney) FEAST at 12:30pm ------VIDEO SHOWING of “Tribes at Risk” (15 minutes) *****TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO HAVED WALKED ON (Right after lunch)***** Speakers for the Afternoon: Dave Blouin- Mining committee chair for the Sierra Club-John Muir Chapter (WI). Dave worked on the Crandon proposal from 1993 to 2003 through MIC and the Wolf Watershed Education Project (WWEP). In 2011, Dave co-founded the Penokee Hills Education Project Bill Ahrens- Bill worked on the Crandon proposal from 1993-present with the Wolf Watershed Education Project and he now sits on the Penokee Hills Education Project. Larry Nespar-UW Madison Department of Anthropology and American Indian Studies. Treaty Rights Presentation GIVE AWAY Speaker- Tina L. Van Zile (Tribal Member) and Director of Environmental Programs along w/ Roman Ferdinand, Sokaogon Environmental Compliance Coordinator and Mike Preul, Sokaogon Aquatic Biologist If time permits: WALK TO THE ENTRANCE OF WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE CRANDON MINE!
Posted on: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 16:45:09 +0000
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