FERGUS FALLS, Minn. - A American Indian perspective on the proposed Big Stone II power plant near Milbank, S.D., will be the focus of a discussion today at Minnesota State Community Technical College in Fergus Falls.
Speakers will include Winona LaDuke, a member of the White Earth Anishinaabe and executive director of Honor the Earth, and Myrna Thompson of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota tribe's Office of Environmental Protection.
The forum, hosted by students, is 7 to 9 p.m. on campus in Legacy Hall. A future discussion will feature representatives of Otter Tail Power Corp., one of the utilities promoting Big Stone II.
