Remembering the Crandon Mine Proposal

WXPR

Published October 28, 2013 at 4:00 AM CDT

Today marks 10 years since two Native tribes purchased land that was once slated for a copper and zinc mine near the Mole Lake Sokaogon Reservation.

That tribe and Forest County Potawatomi bought the land for more than 16 million dollars.

WXPR’s Natalie Jablonski went to a celebration this weekend marking the anniversary…and she sat down with some of the tribal activists from Mole Lake.

Hear from Fred Ackley Jr.:

Francis Van Zile says she has never been afraid to say what she thinks.

Hear from Francis Van Zile:

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