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From: Carolyn E Mathews <cmathews@mail.coin.missouri.edu>

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Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2000 23:09:07 -0600 (CST)
From: Carolyn E Mathews <cmathews@mail.coin.missouri.edu>
To: Linda Covey <lcovey@mail.coin.missouri.edu>
Subject: Re: Big Mt. Benefit Concert 15th St. Louis [Fwd: A Woman's Dance]

Yes, it's a chance to help out the Big Mountain Dineh (Navajo) whose lives
and land and religion are being encroached
upon by Peabody Coal, wishing to expand from the adjacent Black
Mesa mine (largest coal strip mine in U.S.)...that is, help out while
having a good time at a Benefit Concert. It's at 7.p.m. Sat. the 15th at
the Gateway Greens Bldg. on the corner of Rosedale and Skinker, just a bit
east of the corner of Delmar and Skinker. The Concert will include a band
with Bob Reuter called Kamikaze Cowboy and a Russian band with a female
lead, with diverse musical styles. It will also inform people
about the Big Mt. crisis (including deadline Feb. 1st which might begin
the forced relocation of traditional Dineh people who refuse to sign the
"Accommodation Agreement" (a lease which would strip them of most of their
rights, esp. their rights to the land, religion and free access to sacred
sites and sacred herbs-- eg. burial rights and rights to conduct religious
ceremonies unhindered and without being under the thumb of outside
regulation, intrusive permits and requirements that would violate their
traditions and be administered by one or more of the following: the Hopi
Tribal Council, the BIA, (Bureau of Indian Affairs) and the Hopi Rangers
or Hopi Police. Also Tom Bedonie, traditional Dineh activist who has been
in Missouri for a few months traveling and speaking on the behalf of the
tradionalists of Big Mountain resisting relocation. For more info or to
help, donate money or supplies, or go caravan to Big Mt. to be "fair
witnesses" at deadline time, call Carolyn Mathews (573)443-5958 in
Columbia, or Byron Clemons in St. Louis (314)725-9965