From: "willie wallace" <granmonta@hotmail.com>

DEMAND JOHN MCCAIN MEET WITH DINEH RESIDENTS OF HOPI PARTITIONED LANDS
To discuss PL 93-531 and the bill HE sponsored in 1996 (PL 104-301) which
created the Accommodation Agreement and allowed for
FORCED RELOCATION.

Super Tuesday is tomorrow (March 7, 2000) when California, New York,
Connecticut, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri,
Ohio, Rhode Island, and Vermont hold their primaries.

PLEASE STAGE DEMOS / ACTIONS AT ANY POSSIBLE LOCATION WHERE MCCAIN
MAY APPEAR…FOR THE REST OF HIS CAMPAIGN OR UNTILL HE MEETS WITH RESIDENTS.

Contact McCain's web page at www.mccain2000.com

and ours at www.blackmesais.org

for more information…

Why John McCain is Bad for the Planet and People Too

Senator McCain cosponsored a bill in 1996 that was signed into law by
President Clinton that forces traditional Dineh (Navajo) people from their
land so that Peabody Coal can strip mine it.

Modern Day Inquisition

>From the time that Europeans arrived in the Americas, they have
>systematically waged war on the people that resided here. Millions of
>Native Americans were killed in the 5 centuries that have followed and most
>of their land has been taken from them. The remaining Native Americans have
>been left some land to reside on called reservations. These lands were
>chosen because they were not prime real estate for agribusiness, and the
>white settlers did not want them.

This systematic genocide has not stopped. It is still going on today, and is
sponsored by our government. In the deal, the Hopi tribe are paid $260,000
for each Dineh person they coerce into signing the accommodation agreement.
So far, over 14,000 people have been removed from their traditional lands
and ways of life to live a life of Bureau of Indian Affairs housing and job
and relocation programs. They are being forced to assimilate into Western
culture. The UN has criticized this relocation a human rights violation.

John McCain has an Answer, but Will Not do Anything

Senator McCain is behind this current dirty deal, as he was a cosponsor of
the bill (PL-104-301) that made it law that the Dineh must move. Despite his
public position of not bowing to corporate and special interests, he is
clearly in bed with the coal industry. Peabody Coal has publicly contributed
to McCain's campaign and endorsed his candidacy.

As a Senator, he can introduce a bill that will essentially undo the law
that is currently on the books. But he has chosen not to. He does not want
to buck the big supporters of his party and candidacy. He disregards people
questioning his policies as "outside agitators" and uninformed do-gooders.
He says that only white activists taking advantage of the situation to
further their own programs are concerned. This is a blatant and
disrespectful falsehood. The Sovereign Dineh Nation is a Native-run
organization that is coordinating support for the traditional people on the
land. In addition, it is legitimate for white people to act as allies of
non-whites in such organizations, especially when it is a white supremacist
government that is making the destructive policies. We have a responsibility
to conduct ourselves honorably and demand our government does the same.

 

On March 2, 2000, a further attempt at communication was was faxed to John
McCain's office strongly requesting a meeting at his earliest convienence
(within a month). Numerous other efforts have been ignored or dismissed.
When faxed this letter was signed by almost twenty residents of Hopi
Partitioned Lands, and now has been signed by twenty five Dineh residents.
This request comes from both the Dineh Residents suffering under the laws he
created, and from the international human rights and social justice
movements who are peacefully supporting the indigenous people of the Black
Mesa region. No reply has yet been obtained.

Please help this request for a meeting be heard and respected.
Print up our web page for McCain info.
www.blackmesais.org
thanks and respect - BMIS

 

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Black Mesa Indigenous Support
P.O. Box 23501
Flagstaff, AZ 86002
United States of America

v-mail: (520) 773-8086
e-mail: granmonta@hotmail.com
WebSite: http://www.blackmesais.org

BMIS is a collective of individuals acting to support the sovereignty
of Dine people, who face forced relocation, environmental devastation
and cultural extinction by the hands multinational corporations, U.S.
and tribal governments.
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