Sunday night, Cathy Sampson-Kruse was arrested for laying down in front a 400-ft long megaload carrying tar sands machinery. Megaloads are in violation of treaty law; the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation were never consulted.
“These things threaten areas that are dear to us. We don’t want this to be a permanent highway for these things.” - Kayla Godowa-Tufti, Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs
Read more:
http://wildidahorisingtide.org/2013/12/03/megaload-departs/
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Thu, Dec 5th 2013 at 15 PM