> >From: "David Crockett Williams" <gear2000@lightspeed.net>
> >Reply-To: fnb-l@lists.tao.ca
> >To: "BayAreaActivistList" <bay_area_activist@onelist.com>,
> >"FoodNotBombs List" <fnb-l@lists.tao.ca>,
"a RainbowList
agr"
> ><gathering@cygnus.com>, "InTheShadows"
<intheshadows@onelist.com>,
> > "CTRL" <CTRL@LISTSERV.AOL.COM>,
"Friends of Free
Cannabis"
> ><friends@freecannabis.org>, "GlobalPeaceWalk
eGroup"
> ><global-peace-walk@eGroups.com>
> >Subject: Big Mountain Monday, Nov1'99
> >Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 20:51:51 -0700
> >
> > Speak Out for Black Mesa!
> > All Day Monday November 1, 1999
> > Phone Calling, Faxing, Letter Writing:
> >
> >Please be polite, keep a copy and share any replies
> >with ISCO! Thank you.
> >
> > 5:00 am- 2:00 pm Pacific Standard Time:
> >
> >Contact: President Bill Clinton (202) 456-1111
> > The White House (202) 456-2461 Fax
> > 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
> > Washington DC 20500
> >president@whitehouse.gov
> > United States of America
> >
> >-- Ask him to issue an Executive Order forbidding any
> >forced evictions of traditional Dine'h (Navajo) from
the HPL in Arizona.
> >Remind him the next "deadline" is February
1, 2000.
> >
> >Urge him to show his commitment to human rights here
at home. Suggest
this
> >is his opportunity to leave the legacy of his presidency
by righting the
> >wrongs against American Indians.
> >
> >Contact: Asst. Attorney General Eric Holder
> > United States Department of Justice
> > PO Box 44378 (202) 514-2101
> > Washington DC 20026 (202) 514-0467 Fax
> >
> > cc: Attorney General Janet Reno (address
above)
> >
> >-- Ask Mr. Holder to *not* ask the US District Court
for, nor enforce
> >eviction notices for the Dine'h from the Hopi Partition
Lands in
> >northeastern Arizona.
> >
> >Express your concern that the DOJ handle this
> >non-violently, with sensitivity to the Elders and different
culture of
the
> >Dine'h People.
> >
> >The DOJ should halt any threatening actions
> >against US citizens whose beliefs counter US policies
that
> >directly affect their children, such as the traditional
Dine'h resisting
> >forced relocation from the HPL (regardless of their "Accommodation
> >Agreement"
> >lease status).
> >
> >Regardless of any perceived land dispute between the
Hopi and Navajo, or
> >any settlement between the Hopi Tribe and United States,
forced
relocation
> >continues to violate traditional Dine'h (Navajo) religious,
civil and
> >human rights.
> >
> >Forcing Dine'h to sign leases to settle legal claims
the
> >Hopi Tribe has with the US is neither permanent or fair.
> >
> >The US must be more "accommodating" in their
problem solving and
> >learn to stop bullying American Indians. Remind him
of the terrible
> >outcome
> >of their raid on the Branch Dividians at Waco, Texas
and ask him to avoid
> >another national tragedy! Instead, the DOJ should protect
the human
> >rights of the Dine'h.
> >
> >
> > For More Info: isco@efn.org
> > Indigenous Support Coalition of Oregon
> > PO Box 11715 Eugene, OR 97440 (541) 683-2789
> >
> >-----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >97 days to the final solution for the Dine'h at Big
> >Mountain, AZ, USA. UN draft declaration on the rights
of Indigenous
> >Peoples, Article 10: "Indigenous Peoples shall not
be forcibly removed
from
> >their lands or territories. No relocations shall take
place without the
> >free and in-formed consent of the Indigenous Peoples
concerned
> >....(...)........."
> > >See the video "Vanishing Prayers" at:
> >http://www.freespeech.org/senaa<
> >-----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >Global Peace Walk2000 will be carrying the message of
the Big Mountain
> >Dine'h and Hopi traditional spokespeople on its route
from San Francisco
> >January 15th and will be leaving Santa Barbara on February
1st after two
> >previous days of events to bring this and other survival
issue messages
to
> >the attention of the national media and the government.
The walk will
> >attempt to rally thousands of people to walk from Flagstaff
to Big
Mountain
> >leaving February 28, 2000, and through the Hopi reservation
en route to
> >Washington DC and New York City for the United Nations
55th anniversary
to
> >initiate the UN Decade of Creating a Culture of Peace
for the 21st
Century.
> >This will also begin the second half of the United Nations
International
> >Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples 1995-2004.
To help this add up
to
> >peace for Big Mountain please support Global Peace Walk2000
in any way
you
> >can especially to spread the word. http://www.globalpeacenow.org
> >
> >
> >David Crockett Williams gear2000@lightspeed.net
> >Global Emergency Alert Response
> >http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000
> >
> >
> >
> >
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