Western Navajo uranium mines EPA meeting May 14, 2011

Western Navajo Uranium Mines: EPA meeting


The US Environmental Protection Agency and Navajo Environmental Protection Agency

are coming to Tuba City on Saturday, May 14, 2011 to meet with the people.

Title: Public meeting about abandoned uranium mines in the Western Navajo Agency.

Location: Moenkopi Legacy Inn and Suites in Tuba City.

Date: Saturday, May 14, 2011

Time: 10:00 am Mountain Daylight Time
Description: The US EPA and the Navajo Nation EPA will hold a public meeting about contamination from abandoned uranium mines in the Western Navajo Agency. The meeting will be at 10 am Mountain Daylight Time, on Saturday, May 14, 2011, at the Moenkopi Legacy Inn and Suites in Tuba City. The agencies will describe their work on uranium contamination in the Cameron, Coalmine Mesa, Bodaway/Gap, Tuba City and Leupp chapters. Community members are invited to attend and share their questions and comments.

Owe Aku: Black Hills uranium mine stalled

"Maybe the global impacts of the tragedy at Fukushima and the Senators in Washington, DC asking questions about where foreign-owned uranium mines in America are shipping their yellow cake has rousted the NRC staff, who seem to have been on cruise control for the past 15 years.” Debra White Plume

10 May 2011

BLACK HILLS URANIUM MINE STALLED FOR SAFETY REVIEW DEFICIENCIES
By Debra White Plume, Lakota
Owe Aku, Bring Back the Way
Censored News

Today is a good day for our sacred water and Mother Earth! The United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has suspended its safety review Powertech, Inc.’s planned Dewey-Burdock in situ leach uranium mine in Custer and Fall River Counties near Edgemont, SD. Edgemont, a small almost-ghost town south of Rapid City, and in the Black Hills, is the site of old open-pit uranium mines which were closed 50-some years ago when the price of uranium fell below the profitable level.
The NRC raised some serious questions about the Powertech’s ability to provide protection of public health and safety, and on May 28, 2011, issued its statement to Powertech, Inc. Wallace Mays, the Chief Operating Officer of Powertech, Inc. has resigned, but retains his seat on the Board of Directors. Powertech, Inc. has left exploratory drilling holes unplugged, and the NRC states that this creates serious potential for surface water to be exposed and mixed with water from the mining site, and listed several other reasons why they have suspended this aspect of the mining application.
While the suspension of the safety review aspect of Powertech’s mining application will delay the process to seek a mining permit, the NRC staff will continue other activities related to the environmental review of Powertech’s ISL uranium mining application. These activities include the continued preparation of the Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement and the continuation of the consultation process required by Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act.
The Black Hills are sacred, and were held and retained as ancestral lands by the Lakota Nation when it entered into the 1851 and 1868 Ft Laramie Treaties with the United States. “The Black Hills Sioux Nation Treaty Council and the Oglala Sioux Tribal Government have both joined Owe Aku in past years in our work to protect sacred water and Treaty Territory and the health and well being of our children and coming generations,” said Debra White Plume of Owe Aku.
“We now must strengthen ourselves for the upcoming release of the SEIS and the Section 106 work to be done. It is their process, we must remember that, but we fight them with these weapons—their own laws,” says White Plume, “maybe the global impacts of the tragedy at Fukushima and the Senators in Washington, DC asking questions about where foreign-owned uranium mines in America are shipping their yellow cake has rousted the NRC staff, who seem to have been on cruise control for the past 15 years.”
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CENSORED: Native American Women Slice Hoopla Over Bin Laden Assassination

By Brenda Norrell
Narcosphere

Native American women editors are countering the mainstream media and its politicized media frenzy over the targeted assassination of Osama Bin Laden and the shooting of unarmed women.

Kahentinetha Horn, editor and publisher of Mohawk Nation News wrote two articles critical of President Obama and the US military. The articles are “Obama Restores Old Roman Coliseum Bloodbaths,” and “First Bin Laden, Then Who? Group Think.”

“Obama whet the public’s appetite for blood by organizing street celebrations and to promote vicious spectator sports, akin to snuff films," wrote Mohawk Nation News.

"This is reminiscent to the Roman Coliseum blood spectacles where people were forced to watch their men kill each other to get them used to how cheap their lives were.”

Vi Waln, Sicangu Lakota from Rosebud, S.D. and editor of Lakota Country Times, also criticized the reaction in the United States.”

“There was major hoopla across this country surrounding the death of Osama bin Laden. America sure is proud to show her bloodthirsty colors. I was appalled to see people cheering in public at the death of a human being. In my opinion, it shows they are no better than those human beings who rejoice in foreign countries at the death of American people.”

“I fail to see the joy in the violent death of any human being, even if society has judged him as an evil killer,” Waln wrote.

The mainstream media was quick to publish the reactions of Native Americans to the racist misuse of the name of Geronimo in the US military’s assault on Bin Laden. This was safe and easy reporting for writers and editors which involved taking no risks.

The mainstream media has been reluctant to point out other crucial facts. This was a targeted assassination which included the shooting of unarmed women.

Why Bin Laden now?

According to Wikileaks, the United States has known the whereabouts of Osama Bin Laden since at least 2005. When this fact became public by way of Wikileaks, the US quickly acted to carry out the assassination of Bin Laden and others present.

Following these assassinations of unarmed men and women, the mainstream media and others then began glorifying and promoting the US torture carried out at Guantanamo. This US torture violates the Geneva Conventions and the presidents and vice presidents of the United States are yet to be held accountable.

When did Osama Bin Laden stop working as a CIA operative? In the beginning, the US funded Bin Laden's operations and provided him with weapons. When did Bin Laden stop carrying out the missions of the United States?

Native American women writers have made it clear to the United States: The shooting of women, the carrying out of targeted assassinations and the glorification of torture are not the actions of a democracy. These are the actions of terrorists.

On the US/Mexico border, Uya, O'odham, responded to the sheep-like trance of Americans, induced by the media spin and cheerleading of the assassinations and the ongoing wars.

"Indigenous peoples, remember that Bin Laden stood up against the United States Corporate machine to defend his ancestral homelands and way of life. He is a traditional person much like our ancestors that took up arms to defend our people and homelands.

"Did they find weapons of mass destruction? No. Did the United States start an oil war? Yes. Americanized indigenous don't believe the United States propaganda. Does America feel secure now, then remove the militarized Border wall and armed United States forces from off my homelands.

"Prayers and Blessings to Osama bin Laden's extended family and homelands."

References:

Mohawk Nation News: First Bin Laden, Then Who? Group Think:
http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2011/05/mohawk-nation-news-first-bin-laden-then.html

Mohawk Nation News: Obama Restores the Old Roman Coliseum Bloodbaths
http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2011/05/mohawk-nation-news-obama-restores-old.html

Vi Waln: Indian people survived terrorism for centuries in US
http://64.38.12.138/News/2011/001467.asp

CounterPunch: US knew where Bin Laden was since 2005:
http://www.counterpunch.org/shamir05042011.html

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http://narcosphere.narconews.com/notebook/brenda-norrell/2011/05/native-american-women-slice-hoopla-over-bin-laden-assassination

T-Hawk Photos Leech Lake Long Walk 3

LONG WALK 3 NORTHERN ROUTE REVERSING DIABETES: Thanks to T-Hawk, Tongan Mohawk Man, for allowing Censored News to publish his photos from Leech Lake, Minn and the Deer River High School Powwow! Our friends from the Longest Walk 2 are shown here in photo 4, Michael Lane and Sharon Heta, Maori, and their daughters, along with Lisa Peake, Ojibwe/Pomo (front center) from Long Walk 2. Craig Luther, Navajo from Sanders, Ariz., also from the Long Walk 2, is in photo two on the right. That's Lisa Peak in photo three. Thanks to all the walkers!