I
had the great honor of meeting Russel Means at the first rally to stop
the WIPP project. The so called Waist Isolation Pilot Plant . At
that time in 1979 the WIPP project was just a well drill Bore hole that
went two and one half miles into the potash beds in southeast New
Mexico. Now the Atomic waste in the WIPP is contaminating the site
and at danger of ruining one of the best deposits of agricultural potash
in the southwest, and eventually the water tables in that area,
including the Ogallala aquifer.
Now the Oglala Sioux people and many other native people, as well
as water and environmental activists are fighting to stop yet another
pipeline and potential environmental disaster at the Standing Rock Reservation
, that when and if it leaks will contaminate streams and rivers that lead to the Missouri River .
, that when and if it leaks will contaminate streams and rivers that lead to the Missouri River .
Occupy Together.
At that time Russel Means was talking about Leonard Peltier being in
prison for the gun fight at the Pine Ridge reservation in June of
1975.
It is now time for all good people to stand together and stop the destruction of our cultures and environment.