INDIGENOUS ENVIRONMENTAL NETWORK

13TH ANNUAL PROTECTING MOTHER
EARTH GATHERING

JUNE 17-20, 2004

Elk Creek Resort (Camp),
12 miles west of Rapid City, South Dakota,
east of Highway I-90, opposite of Piedmont,
on Elk Creek Road

Located within the Black Hills region of South Dakota. The co-hosts for this IEN outdoor camping conference are Concerned Rosebud Area Citizens, Rosebud Sioux Tribe and Sinte Gleska University.

Focus themes:

[+]  Water    [+] Globalization and Free Trade

[+]  Energy - oil, gas, nuclear, coal and coal bed methane, hydro geothermal

[+]  Climate Justice Renewable     [+] Energy - Wind/Solar

    [+]  Native Youth Movement Building - Leadership and Activism
on Environmental Justice & Building Sustainable Communities

  • Traditional Knowledge & Sacred Areas
  • Mercury and Toxics & Incineration
  • National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
  • Native Grassroots Organizing
  • Tribal Wind Development in Northern Plains
  • Land Recovery Initiatives

*Camp Sites   *Meals Provided   *Daycare Provided   *Children Activities
*$5 donation per person over 12   *Evening Events
*Pow-Wow on Saturday Evening   *Sweatlodges   
*Environmental Information Area   
*Drug & Alcohol Free Gathering

For more information: IEN office 1-877-436-2121
http://www.ienearth.org E-mail: ien@igc.org or ienyouth@igc.org