"Camp Animikiiwadiswan, or Thunderbird Nest resistance camp, co-led by Loonsfoot and Anahkwet, is their inter-tribal, three-dimensional answer to a proposed copper sulfide mine that would generate copious amounts of toxic waste — an estimated 40 millions tons of mining tailings — in a high-risk location. The project, which Loonsfoot’s tribe has vehemently opposed, is set to be financed by a contentious $50 million taxpayer subsidy in the form of “site readiness” grants to Copperwood Resources Inc., a U.S. subsidiary of Highland Copper, a Canadian company. KBIC’s letter of opposition to the Michigan legislature detailed multiple harms Highland Copper had already caused to the area’s wetlands, calling its mining operations “irresponsible.”' https://truthout.org/articles/indigenous-tribes-form-resistance-camp-against-proposed-copper-mine-in-michigan/