Thursday, August 14, 2008

The Ongoing Rape of Indigenous Land, Water and Air



Water, Air and Culture. Honoring Our Indigenous Women Activists Tour 2006 Portland, Oregon June 11th, 2006 Carrie Dann Western Shoshone Nation Louise Benally Dineh (Navaho) Nation Julie Fischel, attorney Western Shoshone Defense Project WESTERN SHOSHONE DEFENSE PROJECT www.wsdp.org "Mission: To affirm Newe (Western Shoshone) jurisdiction over Newe Sogobia (Western Shoshone homelands) by protecting, preserving, and restoring Newe rights and lands for present and future generations based on cultural and spiritual traditions."

"We are who we are because our nation survived here. It is written on our earth." Bernice Lalo, Western Shoshone "The destruction of these sacred places represents a continued genocide against the Western Shoshone."
http://www.wsdp.org/alerts.htm

NO DIRTY GOLD CAMPAIGN http://nodirtygold.org/western_shoshone_nation_usa.cfm
BLACK MESA INDIGENOUS SUPPORT www.blackmesais.org
"Relocation is Genocide"

"Entering Sovereign Dine Nation. All people who respect the land, life and laws of the Dine are welcome." Senate bill SB1003: The Navajo faced with relocation oppose the bill and say relocation would strip them of their indigenous way of life. Since 1974 over 15,000 Navajo and 100 Hopi have been displaced from their ancestral homes in Arizona. Opponents say that the Navajo are being moved off their land so coal companies can mine it. The Bureau of Indian Affairs estimates that less than a few hundred Navajo remain on Black Mesa and John McCain's Senate Bill 1003 would require their imminent removal by 2008. But the remaining Navajo REFUSE TO BE MOVED.

Sacred Land Film Project http://www.sacredland.org/endangered_sites_pages/black_mesa.html

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