Iron Mine Conflicts With Tribal Law, Legal Expert Says

Thanks to blogger Mike Leon for gathering this expert opinion at MAL Contends for this newsy update:  

Indian Treaty Law Expert: Adverse Effect on Treaty-protected Species Dooms Mine

Charles F. Wilkinson, arguably the leading legal expert on native American treaties who literally wrote the book on Federal Indian Case Law, and wrote and edited numerous other treatises on federal Native American law, offered his comments on the Lac Courte Oreilles' efforts to halt the proposed Gogebic Taconite mine in an e-mail received moments ago.