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/why-can%e2%80%99t-modern-culture-respect-indigenous-culture/ http://www.indigenousaction.org/why-can%e2%80%99t-modern-culture-respect-indigenous-culture/#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2011 19:06:34 +0000 admin http://www.indigenousaction.org/?p=745 #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 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 [...]]]> http://www.indigenousaction.org/why-can%e2%80%99t-modern-culture-respect-indigenous-culture/feed/ 3 http://www.indigenousaction.org/controversial-legislation-supporting-snowbowl-desecration-proposed-by-navajo-delegates-hopi-tribe-protests/ http://www.indigenousaction.org/controversial-legislation-supporting-snowbowl-desecration-proposed-by-navajo-delegates-hopi-tribe-protests/#comments Tue, 11 Oct 2011 19:13:26 +0000 admin http://www.indigenousaction.org/?p=734 #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; } 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 [...]]]> http://www.indigenousaction.org/controversial-legislation-supporting-snowbowl-desecration-proposed-by-navajo-delegates-hopi-tribe-protests/feed/ 3 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/news-release-tribes-file-human-rights-complaint-on-san-francisco-peaks-desecration/ http://www.indigenousaction.org/news-release-tribes-file-human-rights-complaint-on-san-francisco-peaks-desecration/#comments Sat, 27 Aug 2011 16:52:13 +0000 admin http://www.indigenousaction.org/?p=695 #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; } 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 [...]]]> http://www.indigenousaction.org/news-release-tribes-file-human-rights-complaint-on-san-francisco-peaks-desecration/feed/ 1 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/alert-snowbowl-begins-clear-cuts-on-holy-san-francisco-peaks/ http://www.indigenousaction.org/alert-snowbowl-begins-clear-cuts-on-holy-san-francisco-peaks/#comments Mon, 27 Jun 2011 06:15:02 +0000 admin http://www.indigenousaction.org/?p=572 #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; } FLAGSTAFF, AZ — Owners of Arizona Snowbowl ski area have started clear-cutting rare alpine forest for new ski runs on the Holy San Francisco Peaks. According to an Environmental Impact Statement more than 74 acres are slated to be cut. Owners and operators of Arizona Snowbowl began partial development of a 14.8 mile pipeline last [...]]]> http://www.indigenousaction.org/alert-snowbowl-begins-clear-cuts-on-holy-san-francisco-peaks/feed/ 8 http://www.indigenousaction.org/1-million-acres-of-grand-canyon-watershed-protected-from-uranium-mining/ http://www.indigenousaction.org/1-million-acres-of-grand-canyon-watershed-protected-from-uranium-mining/#comments Mon, 20 Jun 2011 20:55:18 +0000 admin http://www.indigenousaction.org/?p=566 #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, June 20, 2011 Contact: Randy Serraglio, (520) 784-1504 1 Million Acres of Grand Canyon Watershed Protected From Uranium Mining GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK— Interior Secretary Ken Salazar extended interim protections from uranium mining today for Grand Canyon’s 1-million-acre watershed through the end of 2011; the secretary also announced his support for a [...]]]> http://www.indigenousaction.org/1-million-acres-of-grand-canyon-watershed-protected-from-uranium-mining/feed/ 2 http://www.indigenousaction.org/photos-protest-halts-snowbowl-pipeline-construction/ http://www.indigenousaction.org/photos-protest-halts-snowbowl-pipeline-construction/#comments Fri, 17 Jun 2011 18:13:18 +0000 admin http://www.indigenousaction.org/?p=540 #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; } Credits included in titles. Photographs courtesy of Kyle Boggs of  The Noise & Beth Lavely   number of views: 3885]]> http://www.indigenousaction.org/photos-protest-halts-snowbowl-pipeline-construction/feed/ 1 http://www.indigenousaction.org/indigenous-community-spiritual-leaders-affirm-commitment-to-protect-holy-san-francisco-peaks/ http://www.indigenousaction.org/indigenous-community-spiritual-leaders-affirm-commitment-to-protect-holy-san-francisco-peaks/#comments Mon, 30 May 2011 07:38:23 +0000 admin http://www.indigenousaction.org/?p=531 #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; } Navajo Nation President ‘We’ve Got to Stop the Construction’   FLAGSTAFF, AZ — Local environmental justice organizations, Tribal representatives, and members of Flagstaff community held a media conference on Saturday, May 28 to address threats of Arizona Snowbowl’s ski expansion development and current construction of wastewater pipeline for snowmaking. On Tuesday May 25th, Snowbowl began [...]]]> http://www.indigenousaction.org/indigenous-community-spiritual-leaders-affirm-commitment-to-protect-holy-san-francisco-peaks/feed/ 3 http://www.indigenousaction.org/prayer-gathering-for-the-peaks-to-be-held-saturday-may-28/ http://www.indigenousaction.org/prayer-gathering-for-the-peaks-to-be-held-saturday-may-28/#comments Thu, 26 May 2011 21:01:29 +0000 admin http://www.indigenousaction.org/?p=526 #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; } Greetings, As you may have heard the U.S. Forest Service has given Arizona Snowbowl permission to begin construction on the Holy San Francisco Peaks. On Tuesday, May 24, Snowbowl workers started digging trenches and laying water pipes to transport wastewater to make fake snow. We are inviting you to join with others to come join [...]]]> http://www.indigenousaction.org/prayer-gathering-for-the-peaks-to-be-held-saturday-may-28/feed/ 3