From Shawn Mulford. Indigenous Elders and Medicine Peoples Council Statement – April 27, 2012   A Conference and Consultation with the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples “The Creator gave the Aboriginal Indigenous Nations of the People Laws to follow and responsibilities to care for all Creation. These instructions have been [...]

by Drew Sully on Thursday, April 5, 2012 at 12:06pm All photos and reporting from the scene are courtesy of Outta Your Backpack Media, a collective working for indigenous youth media empowerment, and Paper Rocket, an indigenous centered Navajo media production team. www.oybm.org www.facebook.com/PaperRocketProductions A group of Diné and Hopi people ( including traditional people and elders) [...]

For Justice & a Healthy Future for Coming Generations! As the struggle to protect sacred sites and migrant rights escalates throughout Arizona we are calling on friends, neighbors, families, students, young & old, to march together for justice & healthy communities. The Arizona state legislature continues to strip our communities of our right to learn [...]

Snowbowl VIOLATES Human Rights! Snowbowl DESTROYS the Environment! Snowbowl Would Put Human Health at RISK! Snowbowl is UNSUSTAINABLE! Although Environmental organizations and area Indigenous Nations have fought in and out of courts for decades to stop ecological destruction and desecration of the San Francisco Peaks, the US Forest Service and other government agencies have permitted [...]

News Release from the Hopi Tribe: Download the economic report here. Arizona Snowbowl’s Expansion Will Not Have a Measurable or Significant Economic Impact on the Flagstaff Area Kykotsmovi, Ariz. – An economic analysis released by the Hopi Tribe and prepared by Bioeconomics, Inc. determined that the Arizona Snowbowl expansion and the availability of reclaimed wastewater for [...]

Native Media Not Invited to Participate in Press Conference   FLAGSTAFF, AZ — In spite of at least ten years of sustained public outcry from Indigenous Nations and community members, City of Flagstaff officials have administratively renewed a controversial 5 year contract to sell up to 180,000,000 gallons of treated sewage effluent to Arizona Snowbowl [...]

 What: Trial for Two Peaks Defenders When: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:30 AM and 1:15 PM Where: At Flagstaff Justice Court 200 N. San Francisco St. Flagstaff, AZ 86001   Flagstaff, AZ — On Tuesday, February 28, 2012 at Flagstaff “Justice” Court, two Peaks Defenders will be facing trail for charges resulting from protests to protect [...]

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: 4100

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. [...]