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Posted:08/22/2006 3:29 PM |
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The Navajo Need Your Help Now!
> Please Read The Information In This Alert.
> Then Pass This On To Everyone In Your Address
> Book, Every Yahoo and MSN Group You Belong To.
> It's no harder than typing your name and a copy & paste job.
> What Will You Do To Help?
>
> http://blackmesais.org/McCain_bill0805.htm
>
> (Links below to audio and video on finishing the dirty job of Navajo
> Forced Relocation)
>
> Navajo Resist John McCain's SB 1003
>
> Click on the link to listen to the full story; by Christina Aanestad
>
> Arizona Senator John McCain's senate bill SB1003 would end the relocation
> process of the remaining Navajo from land on the Black Mesa Hopi/Navajo
> Reservation. The bill passed the Senate unanimously last month, and is
> under consideration in the House Resources Committee.
>
> 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.
>
> wav file 22.2 mebibytes:
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> http://www.indybay.org/uploads/2006/06/26/aanestadonnavajohopi6-26.wav
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> http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/06/26/18282967.php
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> http://www.indybay.org/race
>
> Watch the video of the proceedings: This session shows a good overview of
> the governmental players involved in relocation, some brief history,
> current controversies and intentions. Click here (there is a 7 minute
> delay on the Senate Committee On Indian Affairs video): hrg072105.ram or
> visit the web site of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs 109th
> Congress - 1st Session Hearing List and click on '7/21/05 Hearing, on
> S.1003, Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement Amendments of 2005.' (give about 7
> minutes for it to start).
>
> http://indian.senate.gov/mainpage.htm
>
> See the link at the top for more links to printed transcripts of the
> Senate Indian Affairs hearing on S1003.
>
> We are asking for an attack on two fronts. First send your snailmail
> letters and phone calls to:
>
> Committee on Indian Affairs
> United States Senate
> 838 Hart Office Building
> Washington, DC 20510
> (202) 224-2251
>
> Below is the letter I sent to the Senators from my state, as well as to:
>
> senator@dorgan.senate.gov
> senator_mccain@mccain.senate.gov,
> senator@mccain.senate.gov
> senator_dorgan@dorgan.senate.gov
>
> Please feel free to replace my name with your own then copy and paste it
> to your represntative at:
>
> http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
>
> Dear Representative,
>
> Again I am writing in support of traditional Navajo (known in their
> language as Dineh) who will be forcibly evicted and dispossessed of their
> homes under the Senate Bill 1003 "The Navajo Hopi Land Settlement Act
> Amendments of 2005." This bill has been passed by the Senate by unanimous
> consent, despite public outcry opposing the bill. I find this to be an
> outrage since many Dineh families will be devastatingly affected and have
> not even been consulted with. I support the right of these families, who
> are among the few remaining American Indians who still speak their
> traditional language and practice their traditional culture, to remain on
> their lands and strongly oppose Senate Bill 1003.
>
> The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) "estimates that enacting S. 1003
> would have no significant effect on direct spending or revenues." In
> fact, the original Navajo Hopi Land Settlement Act of 1974 forced 1000s of
> hardworking self-sustaining families into welfare dependency, despair and
> early death. After its passage, key senators noted that this bill was a
> mistake, yet nothing was done. This ill-conceived bill may actual force
> hardworking independent people into welfare dependency on the federal
> government and increase the cost to US taxpayers. The cost overruns and
> inadequate financing of the relocation program are not the fault of the
> Navajo affected and are entirely due to major miscalculations on the
> number of affected people and federal governmental incompetence. Adding
> insult to injury, the lands designated for relocation are the victim of
> the largest release (by volume) of low-level radioactive waste in U.S.
> history when in 1979 the Church Rock Uranium Mill's da
> m bro
> ke and 94 million gallons of slurry waters entered the Puerco River.
>
> The Navajo tell us that it is no coincidence that the land from which the
> Navajo are being removed contains over $20 billion worth of coal. This
> bill comes at a time while Peabody Energy is in the process of acquiring a
> life-of-mine lease in the Black Mesa area, even though the Black Mesa Mine
> is temporarily shut down. Peabody Energy along with Southern California
> Edison, the Navajo Nation, and the Hopi Tribal Council have been in secret
> negotiations so as to reopen the mine. It is also interesting to note
> that there is language in these negotiations that absolves both Peabody
> Energy and Southern California Edison of any responsibilities for
> destruction to the environment or to the people who live there.
>
> Therefore, I support the Navajo families in opposing Senate Bill 1003 and
> respectfully request
>
> * That the House of Representatives remove Senate Bill 1003 from
> consideration
>
> * That the Congress act responsibly and pass a resolution opposing forced
> relocation of Native Americans
>
> * That Congress help the communities already relocated rather than closing
> any federal offices that may be able to help them
>
> * That Congress work directly with affected families and communities to
> resolve any land issues and listen to them, not just Jack Abramoff or
> other high paid lobbyists.
>
> Respectfully,
>
> Thomas Greywolf Atkins
> Chickahominy/Mattaponi/U.S.Citizen
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