Aboriginals ready to fight Bush over drilling

  • 21/01/2001

If U.S. President George Bush wants to open acaribou-rich Alaska wilderness to energy drilling, he'll have to fight Norma Kassi first.Kassi is a member of the Vuntut Gwich'in, a Yukon aboriginal people that depend on the caribou for their daily groceries. The Vuntut are stepping up their aggressive, successful and well-funded American lobbying campaign in response to the White House's new occupant.