http://www.indigenousaction.org Fri, 09 Dec 2011 17:40:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.indigenousaction.org/indigenous-elders-supporters-occupy-alec-member-salt-river-project-headquarters/ http://www.indigenousaction.org/indigenous-elders-supporters-occupy-alec-member-salt-river-project-headquarters/#comments Fri, 09 Dec 2011 17:32:47 +0000 admin http://www.indigenousaction.org/?p=753 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { width: 50%; padding-top: 1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float: left; margin: 4px 4px 4px 4px; } 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 [...]]]> http://www.indigenousaction.org/indigenous-elders-supporters-occupy-alec-member-salt-river-project-headquarters/feed/ 1 http://www.indigenousaction.org/formal-response-from-indigenous-peoples-to-usda-sacred-sites-report/ http://www.indigenousaction.org/formal-response-from-indigenous-peoples-to-usda-sacred-sites-report/#comments Wed, 05 Oct 2011 20:38:18 +0000 admin http://www.indigenousaction.org/?p=729 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { width: 50%; padding-top: 1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float: left; margin: 4px 4px 4px 4px; } “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 [...]]]> http://www.indigenousaction.org/formal-response-from-indigenous-peoples-to-usda-sacred-sites-report/feed/ 4 http://www.indigenousaction.org/public-hearing-in-flagstaff-tonight-on-the-use-preservation-of-dookoosliid-san-francisco-peaks/ http://www.indigenousaction.org/public-hearing-in-flagstaff-tonight-on-the-use-preservation-of-dookoosliid-san-francisco-peaks/#comments Fri, 23 Sep 2011 18:05:57 +0000 admin http://www.indigenousaction.org/?p=725 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { width: 50%; padding-top: 1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float: left; margin: 4px 4px 4px 4px; } 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 [...]]]> http://www.indigenousaction.org/public-hearing-in-flagstaff-tonight-on-the-use-preservation-of-dookoosliid-san-francisco-peaks/feed/ 2 http://www.indigenousaction.org/news-release-hopi-tribe-initiates-litigation-against-the-city-of-flagstaff-to-enjoin-the-illegal-contract-for-the-sale-of-reclaimed-wastewater-to-the-snowbowl/ http://www.indigenousaction.org/news-release-hopi-tribe-initiates-litigation-against-the-city-of-flagstaff-to-enjoin-the-illegal-contract-for-the-sale-of-reclaimed-wastewater-to-the-snowbowl/#comments Thu, 25 Aug 2011 02:09:34 +0000 admin http://www.indigenousaction.org/?p=687 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { width: 50%; padding-top: 1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float: left; margin: 4px 4px 4px 4px; } 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. [...]]]> http://www.indigenousaction.org/news-release-hopi-tribe-initiates-litigation-against-the-city-of-flagstaff-to-enjoin-the-illegal-contract-for-the-sale-of-reclaimed-wastewater-to-the-snowbowl/feed/ 2 http://www.indigenousaction.org/direct-action-to-protect-holy-peaks-continues/ http://www.indigenousaction.org/direct-action-to-protect-holy-peaks-continues/#comments Mon, 15 Aug 2011 04:52:31 +0000 admin http://www.indigenousaction.org/?p=663 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { width: 50%; padding-top: 1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float: left; margin: 4px 4px 4px 4px; } 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 [...]]]> http://www.indigenousaction.org/direct-action-to-protect-holy-peaks-continues/feed/ 8 http://www.indigenousaction.org/blockade-halts-ski-resort-destruction-desecration-of-holy-mountain-video-pics/ http://www.indigenousaction.org/blockade-halts-ski-resort-destruction-desecration-of-holy-mountain-video-pics/#comments Wed, 10 Aug 2011 10:22:02 +0000 admin http://www.indigenousaction.org/?p=649 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { width: 50%; padding-top: 1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float: left; margin: 4px 4px 4px 4px; } 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, [...]]]> http://www.indigenousaction.org/blockade-halts-ski-resort-destruction-desecration-of-holy-mountain-video-pics/feed/ 4 http://www.indigenousaction.org/flagstaff-police-aggressively-disrupt-protect-the-peaks-march-video-pics/ http://www.indigenousaction.org/flagstaff-police-aggressively-disrupt-protect-the-peaks-march-video-pics/#comments Wed, 10 Aug 2011 09:55:54 +0000 admin http://www.indigenousaction.org/?p=631 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { width: 50%; padding-top: 1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float: left; margin: 4px 4px 4px 4px; }           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 [...]]]> http://www.indigenousaction.org/flagstaff-police-aggressively-disrupt-protect-the-peaks-march-video-pics/feed/ 3 http://www.indigenousaction.org/protect-the-peaks-week-of-action-update-1/ http://www.indigenousaction.org/protect-the-peaks-week-of-action-update-1/#comments Sun, 07 Aug 2011 06:42:16 +0000 admin http://www.indigenousaction.org/?p=606 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { width: 50%; padding-top: 1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float: left; margin: 4px 4px 4px 4px; } 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 [...]]]> http://www.indigenousaction.org/protect-the-peaks-week-of-action-update-1/feed/ 2 http://www.indigenousaction.org/protect-the-peaks-week-of-action-aug-4-9-flagstaff-az/ http://www.indigenousaction.org/protect-the-peaks-week-of-action-aug-4-9-flagstaff-az/#comments Sun, 31 Jul 2011 19:46:16 +0000 admin http://www.indigenousaction.org/?p=600 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { width: 50%; padding-top: 1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float: left; margin: 4px 4px 4px 4px; } 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 [...]]]> http://www.indigenousaction.org/protect-the-peaks-week-of-action-aug-4-9-flagstaff-az/feed/ 4 http://www.indigenousaction.org/protect-the-peaks-base-camps-established-support-needed-photos/ http://www.indigenousaction.org/protect-the-peaks-base-camps-established-support-needed-photos/#comments Mon, 25 Jul 2011 05:30:31 +0000 admin http://www.indigenousaction.org/?p=584 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { width: 50%; padding-top: 1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float: left; margin: 4px 4px 4px 4px; } 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 [...]]]> http://www.indigenousaction.org/protect-the-peaks-base-camps-established-support-needed-photos/feed/ 5