. >> phoebe kebec is a lawyer for the bad river band of the chippewa. she's helping to devise a legal strategy to fight gtac. >> which way does this water flow? >> this water travels north, and there could be toxins loading from the mine site here and traveling through the waterways. >> the toxins concerning phoebe would be caused by acid mine drainage, a danger confirmed by numerous geologists. sulfide minerals in the waste rock would mix with rain and water causing acid runoff. there is a serious risk that the acid and dissolved heavy metals like mercury would contaminate the water, fish and the wild rice on which the tribes depend. >> where does the wild rice grow? >> up in this area here. the reason we're in bad river is because of the wild rice. through a series of prophecies were told to move inland to the place where food grows on the water and the food that grows on water is wild rice. maybe somebody could say why don't you stop eating the fish or wild rice and first of all our community is very poor and depends on these foods to survive and mos