By Klee Benally @eelk Draft Environmental Impact Statement Reveals Forest Service Plan to ‘Deviate’ from Existing Laws GALLUP, NM — The Cibola National Forest Service (CNFS) has issued a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for a mine proposed on Mt. Taylor that will violate the existing Forest Management Plan. Instead of upholding their current...
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Contact: www.masecoalition.org masecoalition2008@gmail.com Hello friends and allies, Many of you are aware of MASE and the work we are doing in northwestern New Mexico to stop proposed new uranium mines in and around our communities. The Forest Service has just released a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Roca Honda mine, the first...
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By Klee Benally @eelk Flagstaff, AZ — On March 28, 2013, U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) made it very clear that he doesn’t care about Indigenous Peoples or public health. McCain would appear to be in the pocket of multimillionaire ski area owner and Scottsdale based real estate developer, Eric Borowsky. In his statement,...
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Take action/more info: www.savehickoryground.org/ http://gilariveragainstloop202.wordpress.com/ Save Oak Flat Petition www.protectthepeaks.org Red Butte (Phoenix, Arizona) On Tuesday, March 26, 2013, Native American sacred lands activists from throughout the country, including O’odham, Navajo and Havasupai and Muscogee Creeks, demonstrated at the National Indian Gaming Association (NIGA) conference to support the preservation of Hickory Ground in Wetumpka, Alabama. ...
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Read the complaint here: http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/public_lands/mining/Grand_Canyon_Uranium_Mining/pdfs/Complaint_03-07-2013.pdf For Immediate Release, March 7, 2013 Contact: Don Watahomigie, Chairman, Havasupai Tribe (928) 448-2731 or (928) 660-0023, htchair@havasupai-nsn.gov Matthew Putesoy, Vice Chairman, Havasupai Tribe, (928) 448-2731, mattputesoy@yahoo.com Roger Clark, Grand Canyon Trust (928) 890-7515, rclark@grandcanyontrust.org Taylor McKinnon, Center for Biological Diversity (928) 310-6713, tmckinnon@biologicaldiversity.org Sandy Bahr, Sierra Club (602)...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 1, 2013 Peaks Defenders Targeted with Federal Charges Coerced into Collateral Forfeiture Agreement Flagstaff Couple Felt ‘Forced’ when Threatened with Additional Charges FLAGSTAFF, AZ –Despite wanting to legally fight the charges brought on them by the Coconino County Forest Service, James Anders and Dawn Dyer state that coercion and underhanded...
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Originally posted at: http://protectthepeaks.org/native-youth-drummers-attacked-by-snowbowl-supporter-at-city-of-flagstaff-ski-event/ Saturday, February 9, 2013 CONTACT: protectpeaks@gmail.com www.protectthepeaks.org Native Youth Drummers Attacked by Snowbowl Supporter at City of Flagstaff Ski Event *Video will be posted soon. Flagstaff, AZ — As part of a weeklong call for actions, more than 50 people gathered in downtown Flagstaff for an Idle No More flash...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, December 24, 2012 Contact: Rudy Preston Email: info@truesnow.org Phone: 480-382-5288 www.TrueSnow.org Arizona Snowbowl Starts Making Fake Snow from Treated Sewage… and it’s Yellow FLAGSTAFF, AZ (San Francisco Peaks) — After a decade of legal battles and opposition from environmental groups, concerned citizens, and Indigenous Nations, Arizona Snowbowl ski area has...
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Forest Service attempts to ‘Ban’ Peaks Activists from the Peaks to Prevent Further Protests FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 12, 2012 Contact: Klee Benally indigenousaction@gmail.com Peaks Supporters Face Federal Charges in ‘Politically Motivated Attack’ Forest Service attempts to ‘Ban’ them from the Peaks to Prevent Further Protests Note to editors: Video of September 21, 2012...
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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...
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Healthy Communities are a Human Right! Teach-in for Protection of the San Francisco Peaks Panels, workshops, and small group sessions addressing: Sacred Sites, Environmental Justice, Legal Cases, Water Issues, Legislative Action, Civil Disobedience, & more. Join community & student activists to learn about the environmental & social justice struggle to protect the sacred San...
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Armed agents from Forest Service and Coconino County Sheriffs enforced desecration of the sacred fire at a ceremony for the San Francisco Peaks today. Law enforcement agents also had a K-9 unit. One person was issued a citation. Photo Credit: Libby Williams Previous news release & WAYS TO TAKE ACTION NOW!: http://www.indigenousaction.org/forest-service-threatens-legal-implications-and-assault-of-sacred-fire-at-sacredholy-peaks-ceremony/ Number...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, July 6, 2012 CONTACT: Brett Ramey Phone: (928) 310-8059 Email: brett@liverealnow.org Forest Service Threatens Legal Implications and Assault of Sacred Fire at Sacred/Holy Peaks Ceremony *Indigenous Elders and Medicine Peoples Council Statement attached. FLAGSTAFF, AZ — U.S. Forest Service officials have threatened Indigenous spiritual leaders, medicine people, and elders with...
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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...
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