Ute at Utah State Capitol: Stop the Uranium Mill Poisoning our People

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Ute at Utah State Capitol Today: Stop the Uranium Mill Poisoning our People

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, Oct. 4, 2024

SALT LAKE, Utah -- White Mesa Ute rallied at the Utah State Capitol on Friday, demanding that the deadly uranium mill in their community be shut down, as the legacy of genocide, toxic dumping, and widespread cancer continues.

Rally at Utah Capitol for White Mesa Ute -- Say No to Uranium Oct. 4, 2024

We're rallying at the Capitol to demand that decision makers keep unregulated, toxic, radioactive waste out of Utah. After decades of processing low-level radioactive waste from across North America, the White Mesa Uranium Mill is expanding its operations and now accepting hazardous materials from Europe and Asia. The mill, which operates without proper precautions or regulations, emits cancer-causing gases and jeopardizes the air, water, and health of nearby residents. Join us in solidarity with the White Mesa Community and the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe on October 4 at noon at the Utah State Capitol.

SAY NO TO URANIUM! PROTECT WHITE MESA UTE COMMUNITY'S HEALTH, ENVIRONMENT, AND SACRED AND CULTURAL SITES FROM DESTRUCTION AND CONTAMINATION!

TWO UPCOMING EVENTS:

Friday October 4, 12 noon Rally for White Mesa in Salt Lake City, Utah

Saturday, October 12, 11 am White Mesa Ute Community Spiritual Walk and Protest Against Energy Fuels' uranium mill

Today: Sacred Land Prayer Walk: Flagstaff to Red Butte, Havasupai Oct. 2 -- 6, 2024

Oct. 4, 2024 -- Update with photos from the walk at:

https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/10/today-peace-walkers-to-havasuapis.html

From October 2 to 6, 2024 Jun San Yasuda, a Nipponzan Myohoji walker for peace, and additional buddhist monks and nuns will be walking over 66 miles from Flagstaff, Arizona to Sacred Red Butte on Havasupai homelands in solidarity with the fight to stop the Pinyon Plain uranium mine.

As a Nipponzan Myohoji walker for peace, Jun San has walked thousands of miles across Turtle Island over the past 46 years. All are invited to join this meditative prayer walk for a nuclear free world.

This walk will start Wednesday, October 2, at 10 am outside Flagstaff City Hall.

In His Own Words -- Tohono O'odham Mike Wilson

Mike Wilson at his water station on Tohono O'odham Nation 2006. Photo by Brenda Norrell.

In His Own Words: Tohono O'odham Mike Wilson

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, Oct. 1, 2024

Tohono O'odham Mike Wilson, in his new book, says the liberal left have failed to hold the Tohono O'odham Nation responsible for the death of migrants in the desert by depriving them of water.

Wilson's words come as millions of dollars flow into tribal governments with a long history of leasing tribal lands to mining, and who are signing away the peoples water rights. At the same time, millions of dollars are quietly pouring into non-profits in Indian country, and few, if any, are holding tribal governments responsible for irreparable harm.

In his new book, What Side Are You On? Wilson describes how Tohono O'odham Nation police smashed his life-saving water stations, and one district forbid him from leaving water for migrants. Wilson also describes how the Presbyterian Church, where he served as a lay pastor on the Tohono O'odham Nation, forbid him from putting out life-saving water.

Wilson, in the broader picture, paints a portrait of this society, in the United States, as one that has lost its sense of humanity.