Hardrock distrusts McCain due to land dispute record
Posted on October 30, 2008
By Wendy Kenin; Special to the (Navajo) Times
Senator John McCain represents an Indian fighter just like Colonel Kit Carson,” says Bahe Katenay, Diné, resident of the Hopi Partition Land.
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2008 Beauty Way Tour Big Mountain Benefit
Posted on October 28, 2008
2008 Beauty Way Tour, Big Mountain Benefit
In Support of the Annual Thanks Giving Food Run to Big Mountain
When: Starting 6 PM, Saturday, November 22nd, 2008
Where: Seaman’s Lodge, Pioneer Park, Nimrod Street, Nevada City, CA
Who: Clan Dyken, Warcry, all nations drum group, Somer Moon, Kimberly Bass, Earth Rhythm Dancers and Drummers, and George Scroeder, silent auction and raffle Read more
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Black Mesa Project Controversy Rises
Posted on October 25, 2008
A Waning Administration’s Actions May Contribute to a Tribal Mining Dispute.
By Carol Berry, Today correspondent; Indian Country Today, Oct 25, 2008
BLACK MESA, Ariz. – A push to approve a Peabody Western Coal Co. project in northern Arizona may be dividing the Hopi Tribal Council and fueling an attempted ouster of the tribal chairman. Read more
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An Article on Senate Bill 1003, the Relocation Legislation
Posted on October 20, 2008
By Bahe Y. Katenay of Big Mountain
The federal relocation commission sets forth its “official” number of 130 Dineh to
be relocated before 2008, but this figure is incorrect according to Dineh
residents of Big Mountain. More numbers of extended family members still claim Big
Mountain area as their homeland, and hundreds more have been displaced without any
compensation from this federal relocation agency. The “unofficial” numbers used by
resisters from Big Mountain, Black Mesa and Star Mountain is over 300 individuals
currently resisting. However, the colonialist, occupier’s relocation commission
decides who is a resident, and the “inferior” Indian still does not know who s/he
is. Read more
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Needs List
Posted on October 15, 2008
Despite decades of struggle to repeal forced relocation laws and destructive coal mining practices, the United States continues to deny the Dineh the right of a continued and uninterrupted existence on their ancestral homelands and to carry on their traditional way of life. Read more
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Stop The Black Mesa Project: Peabody’s Massive Coal Mining Expansion Plans
Posted on October 11, 2008
ALERT: The Permitting Process for Massive Coal Mining Expansion Plans, The Black Mesa Project, has been Re-opened and Comments for Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) Were Issued the Day After Election!
Both Republican & Democratic parties have consistently expressed support for the development of so-called ‘clean coal’ technology to help solve the nation’s energy problem while claiming to be interested in fighting pollution, global warming, and human rights. While many environmental and scientific groups have questioned whether the burning of coal can ever be clean, for First Nations in the Four Corners area ‘clean coal’ is also a matter of ethnic cleansing and of their survival.
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Cultural Sensitivity & Preparedness Guidebook + Registration Form
Posted on October 6, 2008
For all direct, on-land supporters of the struggle for survival on Black Mesa!
You can download a PDF of this document here.
This document is an in-depth guide that contains important information that you will need prior to and during your visit with a host family on Black Mesa. It gives you crucial information about what to expect, and how to carry yourself while visiting Black Mesa. This orientation guide covers how to be adequately prepared, where to find some background and current his/herstory, safety and legal issues, cultural sensitivity, code of conduct, and a suggested list of what to bring with you. Read more
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Big Mountain Update 2008
Posted on October 4, 2008
FIRST NATIONS, FIRST RESISTANCE-The Struggle For Survival Continues
A Snapshot of Life For Residents of the Big Mountain Regions of Black Mesa, 2008:
On behalf of their peoples, their ancestral lands, and future generations, more than 350 Dineh residents of Black Mesa continue their staunch resistance to the efforts of the US Government– acting in the interests of the Peabody Coal Company—to relocate the Dineh and destroy their homelands. This land is the basis for the Black Mesa peoples’ traditions, livelihoods, and spirituality.
At this moment the decision makers in Washington D.C. are planning ways to expand their occupation of tribal lands to extract mineral & other resources. The coal companies have a long history of and continue to fund both the Republican and Democratic parties because they have huge interests at stake. Read more
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