Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights

January 9, 2012

PHOTOS: Defending San Francisco Peaks federal court 2012




Photos by Wendy Kenin, published with permission.
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Native Americans rally outside Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Jan. 9, 2012, as court hears Native Americans case for the protection of the Peaks. Native Americans argue that the US Forest Service has violated federal laws in allowing the Arizona Snowbowl to proceed with a plan to use sewage water on the sacred Peaks for snowmaking. Further, the Snowbowl is destroying old growth pines on the Peaks with development.
Read more:
Native Americans optimistic after Peaks case in federal court:
http://narcosphere.narconews.com/notebook/brenda-norrell/2012/01/native-americans-rally-federal-court-defend-san-francisco-peaks
Washington Post: Federal Appeals Court Hears Case:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/appeals-court-hears-case-challenging-planned-use-of-reclaimed-water-at-arizona-ski-resort/2012/01/09/gIQA4saklP_story.html

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