Resistance to Loop 202 through Akimel O'odham Gila River Territory

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Contre le périphérique 202 en territoire Akimel O'odham: interview d'Andrew Pedro from Christine Prat on Vimeo.

RESISTANCES TO EXTENSION OF LOOP 202 THROUGH GILA RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY TERRITORY

By Christine Prat

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For several years, members of the Gila River Indian Community, particularly the Akimel O'odham Youth Collective, have opposed the projected extension of Loop 202 through their territory and through Moadak Do'ag, South Mountain, sacred for the O'odham. The project would destroy the South Mountain on the width of an 8 lanes wide freeway, and on places as high as a 2 storey building. Sacred land would be destroyed, as well as homes, some people would be forcibly displaced. Moreover, pollution – and the respiratory diseases it causes – would drastically increase; drugs and firearms would more easily enter the region and the Reservations. These are the issues Andrew Pedro, member of the Akimel O'odham Youth Collective, tells us about in this video, recorded on September 28^th, 2015.

https://vimeo.com/147109059

LOOP 202 IS PART OF A MUCH BIGGER PROJECT