Video & Updates at: www.azresistsalec.wordpress.com TEMPE, AZ — Indigenous Dine’ (Navajo) and O’odham elders and supporters are taking direct action by occupying Salt River Project (SRP) headquarters today at 10am. This action is occurring while the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) holds their “States & Nation Policy Summit” in Scottsdale, AZ. SRP is on ALEC’s [...]

    by Brennan Lagasse On October 12, 2011, indigenous elders and medicine people came together on a conference call with several representatives of the federal government. The purpose of the call was to continue an ongoing dialogue centered on the protection of indigenous sacred sites that continue to be comprised under federal leadership. It [...]

WINDOW ROCK, NAVAJO NATION — Navajo Council Delegate Walter Phelps (Cameron, Coalmine Canyon, Birdsprings, Leupp, Tolani Lake) has introduced Legislation 0420-11 “An Action Relating To Resources And Development And NAABIK’IYATI’; Supporting The Use Of Groundwater For Snowmaking On Dook’o’oosliid (San Francisco Peaks).” You can read the legislation here: http://www.navajonationcouncil.org/Legislations/2011/Oct/0420-11.pdf The legislation was introduced on October [...]

“The Creator gave the Aboriginal Indigenous Nations of the People Laws to follow and responsibilities to care for all Creation. These instructions have been passed down from generation to generation from the beginning of Creation. It is the Law that no one can overpower the Creator’s Law, you are a part of Creation, thus if [...]

PUBLIC HEARING On the Use & Preservation of Dook’o’osliid (San Francisco Peaks) Friday, Sept. 23, 2011, at City Hall, 5 p.m. in Flagstaff, AZ open to the public facebook.com/nnhrc Navajo Nation Human Rights Commission will hold a public hearing to give Navajo and Non-Navajo citizens and other indigenous peoples’ an opportunity to give oral testimony [...]

Aerial photos of the Holy San Francisco Peaks desecration. Taken by John Running on Sept 7th. number of views: 2493

Dated: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 The Havasupai Tribe, Klee Benally, an activist Dineh (Navajo) youth, and the International Indian Treaty Council, filed an Urgent Action / Early Warning Complaint with the United Nations (UN) CERD Committee, on the desecration of Sacred San Francisco Peaks, Arizona. The complaint, filed late Wednesday, August 17, 2011, focuses on [...]

KYKOTSMOVI, Ariz. – On Friday, August 19, 2011, the Hopi Tribe filed a lawsuit against the City of Flagstaff in Arizona Superior Court in Coconino County challenging the City’s decision in September 2010 not to amend or cancel the contract for the sale of reclaimed wastewater to the Arizona Snowbowl ski resort (“Snowbowl”) for snowmaking. [...]

From Truesnow.org: Silent Vigil August 23 – 4PM – City Hall Water is Life, Don’t sell ours to Snowbowl! Wear tape or a cloth or something covering your mouth to show how the council has forced silence on this issue! On Tuesday August 23 we will hold Silent Vigil in front of City Hall and [...]

By Klee Benally – www.IndigenousAction.org On Saturday, August 13th 2011, after a prayerful gathering on the Holy San Francisco Peaks, my friends Mary Sojourner, Rudy Preston and I were arrested by “law-enforcement” agents for standing against desecration and eco-cide caused by Arizona Snowbowl ski area. Since June 16th, 26 arrests have been made during protests [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: protectpeaks@gmail.com www.truesnow.org Blockade Halts Ski Resort Destruction & Desecration of Holy Mountain Flagstaff, AZ — August 8th, 2011. Nine people took direct action at 5:00 AM on Monday morning, blockading the ongoing destruction and desecration of the Holy San Francisco Peaks.  Nine individuals directly confronted the ecocidal actions of Arizona Snowbowl, [...]

          CONTACT: protectpeaks@gmail.com www.truesnow.org Flagstaff Police Aggressively Disrupt Protect the Peaks March Six Arrested at Peaceful Protest Flagstaff, AZ – August 7th, 2011. More than one hundred people, including families with children and elders, marched through downtown Flagstaff on Sunday in protest of the destruction and desecration of the San Francisco [...]

50 Take Streets of Flagstaff, Police Abduct One   On Friday, August 5th, more than 50 people marched through the streets of downtown Flagstaff to raise awareness of Arizona Snowbowl’s eco-cide and desecration of the Holy San Francisco Peaks. The march was part of a week of action to bring community members together to protect [...]

How long will we allow the destruction and desecration to continue? Take action for Sacred Sites, Human Rights, Environment, Public Health, Community, Respect! PROTECT THE PEAKS! WEEK OF ACTION August 4-9, 2011 Flagstaff, AZ ALL EVENTS RAIN OR SHINE! (Please come prepared with rain gear) Thurs. 4th – BANNER MAKING – 5:30PM At Taala Hooghan [...]

I will be updating www.indigenousaction.org with more info as it becomes available. Please visit these sites for additional info: www.truesnow.org www.survivalsolidarity.wordpress.com From Truesnow.org: Please join us on the top of the mountain and camp the peaks! Come together for some community healing on the peaks and bear witness to the pipeline installation and clearcutting. Read [...]