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

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http://wildidahorisingtide.org/2013/12/03/megaload-departs/

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