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Article: When both tribe and city eye a river: A Virginia case may be the first test of how the Bush team interprets 'environmental justice.'.(USA)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- August 7, 2001
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Byline: Ron Scherer Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
NEW YORK -- The Mattaponi Indians - which include descendants of Pocahontas - have long considered sacred the river that runs through their reservation in Virginia. The annual shad run, in particular, is of great cultural significance.
"We still fish the waters the same way we taught the early settlers," says Linwood "Little Bear" Custalow, tribe historian. "It's the last part of our living culture that we really have."
Now, however, the city of Newport News, Va., wants to transfer water out of the Mattaponi River to support its growing population. The result is a clash of ...