From Linda M. Brown - Mendota Community: (08/08/99)
Dear Friends, there have been no new arrests since Thursday, but we have been active in many ways since that time. Friday afternoon we filmed a local cable show called Healthy Nations News, this is produced by a Native American and will be shown on Minneapolis cable channel 33 every Sunday evening at 7:00PM through August. We addressed the brutally of the recent arrests and also the blatant racism shown by the local police here. Today Ken Bradley and I also spoke for an hour on a local radio station about the reasons the coalition are still fighting this road.
We also had our 2nd Annual Pow Wow today, the weather was perfect, sunny and mild, over 300 people attended and we had a huge feast at five o'clock. Everyone who attended brought something to share and we never ran out of food, we are blessed with all the love and support from everyone who was there. This was a very joyous occasion for us all. Mike Haney made it back in town for this and of course added his wonderful touch to the festivities. Tuesday we will be having our one year anniversary of the encampment, and we are again working hard to make this as big a success.
On a more somber note, I drove past the construction site yesterday and the destruction is overwhelming. All that remains in this area now is just overturned earth. No sign of the original beauty of this special place. Standing alone in middle of the destruction is a statue of Longfellow who of course made this place famous when he penned his poem about this area. But wait! someone has replanted trees in all this desolation, in front of the statue now stand four small trees, they don't offer much shade in comparison to the ones that were removed, but it warms my heart to see them there. Of course the machines may destroy them tomorrow, but a kind heart placed them there for all to see and lift our spirits. Thank you whoever you are. We are still here, we are still fighting, we will continue to fight. Please keep us in your prayers. Pidamiya,
Love Linda
Governer Jesse Ventura Phone: (651) 297-9500 State Capitol Building 75 Constitution Ave. St. Paul, MN 55155 mailto:Jesse.Ventura@state.mn.us Commissioner Elwyn Tinklenberg Phone: (651) 296-3000 Fax: (651) 296-3587 MNDOT 395 John Ireland Blvd St. Paul, MN 55155 Mayor Sharon Sayles Belton Phone: (612) 673-2100 350 S. 5th St. Minneapolis, MN 55415 U.S. Senator Paul Wellstone Phone: (202) 224-5641, fax (202) 224-8438 136 Hart Senate Office Bldg. Washington D.C. 20510 mailto:senator@wellstone.senate.gov Mr. Alan Steger Division Administrator FHWA Phone: (651) 291-6100 Sheryl Martin Galtier Plaza, Suite 500 175 E. 5th St. St Paul, MN 55101 Bruce Eberly Historic Preservatin Officer FHWA Phone: (202) 366-2060 C/O HEP -40, room 3240 Washington D.C. 20590 Ann Boland, National Register of Historic Preservation Dept of the Interior Phone (202) 343-9500 Box 37127 Washington D.C. 20013-7127 Bruce Babbit Secretary of the Interior Dept. of the Interior 1849 C Street NW Washington D.C. 20240 202208-7351 mailto:Bruce_Babbitt@IOS.DOI.GOV President William Clinton Phone: (202) 4565-1414 The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Washington, DC 20500 MAILTO:President@whitehouse.gov Vice President Al Gore Phone: (202) 4565-1414 The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Washington DC, 20500 MAILTO:VicePresident@whitehouse.gov Janet Reno U.S. Attorney General Phone: (202) 737-5214 Justice Dept. 600 E. St. NW Washington,DC 20090
The Mendota are a non-profit organization and reciepts will be supplied for
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Mendota Medewakanton Dakota Community
PO Box 50835
Mendota, MN 55150
Contact numbers are Linda M. Brown - (612) 944-7290
FAX (612) 944-0105
or Bob Brown, Chairman - (612) 576-9686
FAX (612) 576-0632
We ask that everyone send what they can...be it money or supplies.
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