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- Thank you to the many people who sent in your comments in opposition of the proposed Black Mesa Project: Peabody Coal Company's massive coal-mining
expansion plans on the Dine' (Navajo) & Hopi peoples sacred
ancestral homelands of Black Mesa, AZ. Please stay posted for updates!
Protect Black Mesa!
Support a Community-Led Just Transition to a Green Economy!
Stop Predatory Development and Catastrophic Climate Change!
No to Peabody's Preferred Alternative B.
Yes to The People's Preferred Alternative C which is a 'No Action'. (No to coal mining expansion!)
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Please send letters on behalf of a Big Mountain Elder Who Faces Threat of Charges for a Ceremonial Lodge. Elder Served Notice That Rebuilding Ceremonial Lodge is Illegal. Big Mountain, Black Mesa, AZ, June 2, 2008 – On Wednesday, May 20th, key traditional elder resister to the relocation laws, Pauline Whitesinger, was served a notice to halt “new” construction of an earth lodge commonly known as a hogan, and this notice was served by Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) agency deputized officers, Hopi Tribal Range Technicians. For more information and to send comments and/or demands:
www. sheepdognationrocks.blogspot.com
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Stay with a family
on Black Mesa.
Continued residency by families throughout the Big Mountain
of region has a significant role in the intervention of Peabody
Coal Company's plans to desecrate Black Mesa & add to climate
chaos. An elder grandmother states "We welcome people to
come out and support our resistance in this way." So consider
volunteering to herd sheep or work on projects as families continue
to live peacefully and defend their ancestral homelands! You
can visit for several weeks to months or organize a work crew
for about a week. Guests are expected to be adequately prepared
prior to staying with families on Black Mesa, which is high
desert and very remote. Since it is crucial to have good help
out there, and not create more work for the families, all supporters
are required to read and sign the Cultural
Sensitivity Preparedness Packet.
Contact BMIS in advance so that we can make arrangements for
your stay, answer any questions, and help put you in touch with
a family.
This caravan will be an important opportunity for people of all backgrounds to work with the families of Black Mesa & to come together to strengthen our solidarity and find ways to work together to protect Black Mesa & our Mother Earth for all life.
PROJECTS include chopping wood, water catchment, health care, corral, roof, & home repairs.
ORGANIZE in your local communities to form work crews, and to gather food & supplies. Plan ahead. Host or attend organizational meetings in your area.
SELF SUFFICIENCY! Guests are expected to be adequately prepared prior to visiting Black Mesa, which is a very remote area in a high desert terrain. You will need to bring food, water, camping gear, warm clothing, & gas money. Please thoroughly read & sign the Cultural Sensitivity & Preparedness Guide.
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ANNUAL FALL FOOD & SUPPLY
RUN Sponsored By The Clandyken Beauty Way Tour: Black Mesa 'Giving
Thanks' Food & Supply Run on Big Mountain area of Black
Mesa, Thanksgiving week. No giving, no thanx! All are welcome
to join the Annual Black Mesa Food & Supply Run. Each year
supporters from the four directions visit (& some stay)
with many families living on Black Mesa. A tremendous amount
of energy is needed for the fall supply run. Please help procure
food, gather supplies, & raise funds. Help is needed to
distribute goods & chop wood. There is a need for at least
some of the folks who come out to help to show up with a truck
or other vehicle capable of traversing the sometimes very rough
reservation back roads. Please be sure to read the cultural
sensitivity packet. See Clan Dyken, The Beauty Way Page for
more info and to see a listing of their benefit tour dates:
www.clandyken.com
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Each spring long time support
group Clan Dyken organizes a caravan to plant gardens on Black
Mesa: "It's time to start thinking about a planting trip
to the Big Mountain, Black Mesa, Sand Springs areas of the Navajo
Reservation in Arizona. If you don't know about our work on
the rez check the Beauty Way page of the web site http://www.clandyken.com for some stories. There is a lot to do...." Mark Dyken
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