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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