FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, February 7, 2013 Contact: protectpeaks@gmail.com www.protectthepeaks.org Flagstaff Police Harass Activists as ‘Preventative Maintenance’ Before Dew Downtown Event Free Speech Protest Zone Created at ‘Unsustainable’ Urban Snowboard Event FLAGSTAFF, AZ — Armed plain-clothed City of Flagstaff cops showed up at a community member’s home and at a community center yesterday. The officers,…
SHOWDOWN AT HWY 134 Exclusive Video Report on Mi’kmaq Blockade Raided by RCMP Elsipogtog, Mikmaqi – Exclusive footage of the RCMP raids against the HWY 134 Blockade in Mi’kmaq territory has just been released. With some of the only video from behind police lines, subMedia.tv witnessed the brutal raid by the Royal Colonial Mounted…
Donate for legal support here. Read more here: www.rampscampaign.org/citizens-bring-the-fight-to-peabody-12-arrested/ Press release from: RAMPS Media press@rampscampaign.org ST. LOUIS, MO — About one hundred protesters are gathered in downtown St. Louis today outside of the Peabody Coal corporate headquarters. St. Louis locals were joined by Navajo residents from Black Mesa, Ariz., Appalachians from coal-burdened West Virginia, and…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, December 10, 2012 CONTACT: Klee Benally indigenousaction@gmail.com National Forest Service Announces New Sacred Sites Policy at the Same Time That Flagstaff Peaks Activists Are Targeted with Federal Charges and Arrest WarrantsPeaks Activists Vow to Fight Charges and Plan to Turn themselves Over to U.S. Marshalls What: Peaks activist Klee Benally and others…
FLAGSTAFF, AZ — Klee Benally, Dine’ (Navajo), was ordered by Coconino Justice Court Judge Howard Grodman to perform community service as consequence to his prayerful act of resistance to desecration of the Holy San Francisco Peaks. Klee took action on August 13, 2011 to address Arizona Snowbowl ski area’s clear-cutting of 74 acres of rare…
From www.protectthepeaks.org TAKE ACTION HERE : http://protectthepeaks.org/stop-expansion-desecration-of-the-san-francisco-peaks-take-action-call-in-cause-we-aint-gonna-give-in/ Read the Towsley Deman Letter here: http://protectthepeaks.org/towsley-demand-letter/ Corporations Confronted for Roles in Snowbowl Human Rights Violations Call to Action: Call-in! Don’t Give-in! Week June 18 – 22 FLAGSTAFF, AZ – On June 15, 2012, more than 20 Flagstaff community members holding banners and signs delivered a letter to…
Coconino Court Judge Howard Grodman issues his ruling Thursday that Klee Benally was guilty for “trespassing” and “disorderly conduct.” Ya’a’teh, Thanks to everyone for the overwhelming support! The judge’s ruling comes as no surprise. The courts are part of the same system that is profiting from the destruction of our culture and mother…
Take action: www.indigenousaction.org, www.truesnow.org, www.protectthepeaks.org For Immediate Release Tuesday, June 12, 2012 By M. Begay, Contributor, Indigenous Action Media info@indigenousaction.org www.indigenousaction.org Religious Freedom & Expression on Trial in Klee Benally Sacred Mountain Defense Case No Verdict After 3 Hour Trial FLAGSTAFF, AZ — Klee Benally, Dine’ (Navajo), was on trial today for a prayerful action…
Ya’at’eeh, Trial has been set for Klee Benally’s case in resistance to Forest Service sanctioned desecration of Holy San Francisco Peaks. A bench trial will be held on June 12, 2012 at 3:30pm at Flagstaff Justice Court (located at the corner of Birch & San Francisco St.). Please help us pack the courtroom! This trial…
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…
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…
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…
