Congressmen Pushing Destructive Mining at Apaches Oak Flat

Apache Stronghold caravan to federal court in March. Photo courtesy Apache Stronghold

Politicians head to Arizona to tout destructive mining projects

House Republicans come to Arizona to promote mining that will violate religious freedom and destroy the environment

By Apache Stronghold, Censored News, July 19, 2023

SAN CARLOS, Arizona – A group of House Republicans will be in Arizona this week promoting destructive mining projects over the wellbeing of Arizonans, the environment, and sacred native land.

Representative Paul Gossar and four other Republicans are set to advocate for a series of projects—including Resolution Copper’s proposed mine at Oak Flat—and push for copper to be placed on the list of critical minerals in the U.S. This is the latest in a string of efforts by Republican leadership in Washington D.C. to put corporate mining interests over the good of everyday Arizonans.

“House Republicans and their lobbyists are coming here to destroy Arizona, not save it,” said Dr. Wendsler Nosie Sr. of Apache Stronghold. “They will try to convince people that these mines will be good for our region and the rest of the county. In reality, they will ruin the Earth by polluting the land, waters, and natural habitats.”

Navajos on Black Mesa Oppose New Development Targeting Aquifers

 18 Navajo Chapters Oppose Huge Pumped Storage Projects Threatening Arizona’s Black Mesa

Coalition Statement, Censored News, July 19, 2023

BLACK MESA, Arizona — Tó Nizhóní Ání, Diné Citizens Against Ruining our Environment and the Center for Biological Diversity submitted resolutions to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission today from Navajo chapters and agencies opposing three pumped storage projects on the Navajo Nation’s Black Mesa, southeast of Kayenta. A total of 18 chapters and agencies have passed resolutions opposing the projects.

“People who live here don’t want these projects, and we don’t want more damage from industrial energy development to the land and aquifers that we depend on,” said Adrian Herder of Tó Nizhóní Ání. “Asking for federal approvals before the consent of Black Mesa’s communities is the height of arrogance. It tells us the developer is not interested in engaging the communities that would be impacted by this project.”

Winnipeg: Canada's Systematic Genocide at the Brady Landfill: Police Expected at Barricade

Winnipeg police removed the Brady landfill road barricade today, Tuesday, after delivering an injunction on Friday. A second camp is being set up at the Human Rights Museum in Winnipeg.

Live on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/100088727987413/videos/991870601815137/

Update: Tuesday, July 18, 2023

Police took down the road barricade at Brady landfill today. So far, Camp Morgan, Longhouse and Sacred Fire are safe. "They want to continue dumping on our children and women who are in that landfill. How would they feel if it was their women and children in that landfill," said Waabishkaa Ma'iingan Apiichaa. "CampMorgan is still Stronger than ever. Police only took the barricade down, but they didn't take the camp. In response, a new MMIW camp is being established at the Human Rights Museum down at the Winnipeg Forks. It's in support to have Both Landfill dumps Searched."

Update Tuesday afternoon: "Barricades were removed, but that doesn't mean it's over. New encampment called 'Camp Mercedes Myran,' who is another woman is believed to be in the same landfill dump with Morgan Harris. This camp will also be established at the Human Rights Museum," Waabishkaa Ma'iingan Apiichaa said. In a live video stream, he said the families of victims asked the Warriors to be present.

 Friday https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=104070

The City of Winnipeg served the injunction. Police can arrest those at the barricade at 6 pm. Native protectors are demanding a search of landfills for murdered Indigenous women.

Update Saturday: Native Protectors Remain at Barricade after Injunction Served

https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/come-help-us-find-them-blockade-remains-at-brady-road-landfill-despite-injunction-1.6481483

Sgt. Brian Chrupalo, Metis, Winnipeg Police Service police liaison arrives shortly after 6 pm. Warriors say they are here to defend the women. The police liaison told Native defenders that the injunction had been delivered at 6 pm on Friday and all those present, listed as "John Does" on the injunction faced arrest, not just those listed by name on the injunction. Native defenders stood firm, with more arriving in the evening to enforce the road barricade to Brady landfill. They refused to leave until The City of Winnipeg searched the landfills for murdered Indigenous women. Family members of murdered Native women were among those standing firm at the road barricade.

Bear Clan Patrol makes it clear that this is a police officer, shown above, and is not representing Bear Clan.

Live coverage by CTV News. Screenshots live by Censored News. July 14, 2023

Saturday morning update: Waabishkaa Ma'iingan Apiichaa said, "If something happens to the camp, from police aggression. All railways, highways, and bridges will be blocked."

Pope Francis: It was a genocide against indigenous peoples

Pope Francis confirmed that the Catholic Church committed the crime of genocide against Indigenous Peoples. The government of Canada is equally responsible, it mandated that Native children be seized by the churches, kidnapped from their families, and institutionalized in schools, resulting in an era of abuse, torture, and murder of Native children. Today, the remains of Indigenous women have been found in a landfill in Winnipeg. The City refuses to search a second landfill for other murdered Indigenous women who are believed to be there. On Friday, the City of Winnipeg delivered an injunction for Native protectors to remove a road barricade to Brady landfill. Police are expected to enforce the injunction, continuing this white supremacy and systematic genocide. -- Censored News.

Vatican News: Pope confirms the Catholic Church committed the crime of genocide.

https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2022-07/pope-francis-apostolic-journey-inflight-press-conference-canada.html

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Mohawk Mothers: In Defense of the Children -- Unmarked Graves at CIA torture site in Montreal

Mohawk Mothers represented themselves in court using The Great Law to ensure the search of McGill University hospital grounds for the unmarked graves of Native children. The CIA used the hospital for MK Ultra torture and mind control experiments in Montreal, Canada. A survivor of her incarceration at the hospital remembers seeing hospital staff digging graves on the grounds at night, and remembers Indigenous children as fellow victims. -- Censored News.

Mohawk Nation News ongoing coverage:

https://www.mohawknationnews.com/

Canada's Unmarked Graves of Native Children -- 15 Years Ago, Russell Means Exposed 28 Sites

Fifteen years ago, Russell Means, Lakota, released information on 28 sites of unmarked graves at residential schools in Canada. Today, the search is ongoing, as thousands of possible graves have been located using ground-penetrating radar. Widely censored, Russell Means' documentation was published by Mohawk Nation News and Censored News in 2008.

https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2021/06/location-of-mass-graves-at-residential.html

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Yaqui Released from Prison after 7 years: Fighting the Gas Pipeline in Sonora

Indigenous Yaqui leader Fidencio Aldama is free after 7 years in prison and 
has been found not guilty of homicide! He vows to continue to oppose the gas pipeline from the company IEnova, a subsidiary of the transnational U.S. company Sempra Energy. -- Voices in Movement

INDIGENOUS YAQUI LAND DEFENDER

Fidencio Aldama Perez is an Indigenous Yaqui land defender and political prisoner from the northern Mexican state of Sonora. He was arrested on October 27, 2016, and later sentenced to fifteen years and six months in prison on trumped-up charges related to a death in the community of Loma de Bácum, Sonora.

Read more: https://fidencioaldama.org/en/news/

La Jornada San Luis reports

Cristina Gómez Lima, correspondent

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