Prairie Island refused $220 million to accept a nuclear waste dump

Evidence

In 1994, the Minnesota legislature authorized an interim dump and the placement of 17 casks of nuclear waste on a concrete pad on that sand bar in the Mississippi River, three blocks from the tribe’s childcare center. The Prairie Island band fought to the end, even refusing an offer of $220 million from NSP. — Winona LaDuke, All Our Relations, 564

Categorization

• SHARE: Good anecdote for someone in environmental law or Native American studies: a small Dakota band turning down 220M on a principle, set against the Goshutes being promised 2M per member.
• XREF: connects to: US tribal lands are prime targets for nuclear and toxic waste disposal. — Winona LaDuke, All Our Relations: Native Struggles for…, 53; A state legislature first mandated closing a reactor without a waste dump — Winona LaDuke, All Our Relations: Native Struggles for…, 565; Sac and Fox Nation rejected a proposed high-level radioactive waste facility — Luke W. Cole and Sheila R. Foster, From the Ground Up: Environmental…, 638

Broader Connections

• Sac and Fox Nation rejected a proposed high-level radioactive waste facility #corroborates (0.85) — Luke W. Cole and Sheila R. Foster, From the Ground Up, 638