Wisconsin tribe sets up anti-mine online donation plan

A northwestern Wisconsin Chippewa tribe has started raising money for a possible lawsuit challenging a giant iron mine near their reservation.

The Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa has set up a link on the tribe’s website that allows visitors to donate directly to the tribe. The site also lists an address for mailing chec

Gogebic Taconite wants to dig an open-pit mine just south of the tribe’s Ashland County reservation. Republican lawmakers passed a law earlier this month loosening the state’s mining regulations to help the company.

Tribal members fear pollution from the mine will contaminate their water and wild rice sloughs.