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NETROOTS NATION 2015
Dine’ (Navajo) elders of Black Mesa, AZ are in the fourth decade
of
struggling for their sovereignty.
Peabody Western Coal Company (the largest privately-owned coal
company in the world)
has desecrated Dinetah, their sacred land. The air, water, and
soil have become toxic. The
people and animals suffer from cancer and Black Lung.
From 1966 to today, over 30 billion gallons of water has been
pumped, and over half a
billion tons of coal has been mined in Black Mesa. The cost to
Navajo people is forced
relocation by the U.S. federal government of more than 15,000
extended families, paid for
by over half a billion U.S. taxpayer dollars.
In defense of their sacred land, Navajo resisters have endured
violations of their civil,
political, and human rights, environmental racism, and
injustice. Their livestock have been
confiscated, their wells fenced off, capped off, and bull dozed
by the U.S. Bureau of Indian
Affairs (BIA). Their burial and sacred si tes have been
razed. And yet they are st il l defend-
ing their land and way of life.
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Join the Fossil Fuel Divestmentmovement - sign up today
at NET
ROOTS Town Hall - Team Rural
booth 428
Come to Black Mesa as a Supporterto bear witness to
Tribal Rangers,and Police Brutality. Record abuseincidents, take
down information
from community members
Donate tools, supplies, gas, food &Home Depot gift
cards to helpfinance community rebuilding
Buy a rug from a Navajo weaver &support traditional
livelihood
Show that the world is watching.
Suppor t Re loca t ion Res is te rs :
For more information about donating your time or sending
supplies, please contact:
Mary Lane, President, Forgotten People and Black Mesa
resister,
P.O Box 539, Tonalea, AZ 86044,
Phone: (928) 864-6413. Email: [email protected]
Please send tax-deductible contributions to Forgotten People’s
Fiscal Agent:
7 Directions Environmental Network, Attention: S.D. Smith
for Forgotten People
125 N. Main St 500-353, Blacksburg, VA 24060.
Phone: (540) 552-2525. Email: [email protected]
Make checks payable to 7 Directions Environmental
Network, with Forgotten People on thememo line. Visit
their website:
www.forgottennavajopeople.org facebook.com/forgottenpeople
