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| Halliburton destroying the sacred Chaco region, in Lybrook, New Mexico area, on Jan. 10, 2018 Photos by Daniel Tso |
January 13, 2018
Halliburton Fracking Destroying Sacred Chaco Region
American Indian Genocide Museum: 'Same Old Bait and Switch Scam Targets Lakota Land'
American Indian Genocide Museum: 'Same Old Bait and Switch Scam Targets Lakota Land'
'Only history will show who the great warriors were.' Steve Melendez, Paiute
By Steve Melendez, Paiute
President, American Indian Genocide Museum
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The Justice system when dealing with Indians is based on "The Doctrine Of Discovery."
It is a rigged system based on the old scam of "the bait and switch."
The "bait" is the belief that there is liberty and justice for all.
The "switch" is that the "Doctrine of Discovery" stipulates the supposed condition of reality that the white man owns everything because Columbus "discovered" it.
Therefore, whenever an Indian Nation sues the government for any reason, the government can put money on the table as compensation based on "the Time of Taking"---1492!!! PENNIES ON THE DOLLAR!!! The token-Indian NARF lawyers walk away millionaires, the government gets clear land title and the Indians lose their homeland. In coming generations, only history will show who the great warriors were.
Currently the government has not only put over a billion dollars on the table to entice the Lakota, but their lawyers also have the audacity to put "land" on the table. Land with a clear title?
No, "trust land" with the government holding title and the FBI coming and going at will.
Do the math. Is it worth losing your homeland so that the old geezers and only the old geezers in your tribe receive $10,000 each?
Website:http://www.aigenom.org
Suquamish Calina Lawrence: 'Violence against Native Women: Boarding Schools, Domestic Violence, Missing and Murdered Women'
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AMY GOODMAN: If you could speak, Calina Lawrence, about Native American women and what they face? When we talk about rates of sexual abuse, we must multiply this so many times when we talk about Native women, so vulnerable in this country.
CALINA LAWRENCE: Absolutely. The violence against Native women is 10 times the national rate. Four out of five women experience violence—excuse me, four out of five Native American women are on the receiving end of violence. I think one in three are exposed to domestic violence. And so, one of the things that we definitely had time to share space about, when we met as a collective group, actually, right before the Globes, was that although we also experience this epidemic in the workplace, we experience it in our home, we experience it on college campuses, we experience it in the streets.
CALINA LAWRENCE: Absolutely. The violence against Native women is 10 times the national rate. Four out of five women experience violence—excuse me, four out of five Native American women are on the receiving end of violence. I think one in three are exposed to domestic violence. And so, one of the things that we definitely had time to share space about, when we met as a collective group, actually, right before the Globes, was that although we also experience this epidemic in the workplace, we experience it in our home, we experience it on college campuses, we experience it in the streets.
January 12, 2018
Mountain Protector Rally and March to End City Contract with Snowbowl
Mountain Protector Rally & March to End City Contract with Snowbowl
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Arizona Snowbowl ski area is entering into its 5th year of making fake snow from 100% treated sewage on the San Francisco Peaks, which are holy to 13 Indigenous Nations. A Mountain Protector Rally is being held the day before Martin Luther King Jr. Day to call on the City of Flagstaff to end their contract to sell up to 180 million gallons of treated sewage per year to the ski area for snowmaking purposes.
"Snowbowl is perpetuating cultural genocide," stated Bonn Baudelaire, a volunteer helping to organize the rally and march, "The City of Flagstaff is profiteering off of this egregious violation by maintaining a contract to sell millions of gallons of treated sewage per year to Snowbowl ski area for making fake snow. Our human rights, our religious freedom is continually violated by this City that claims to support social justice and environmental integrity. If they're willing to march in honor of Dr. King's legacy, they should immediately end their unjust contract with Snowbowl. Snowbowl has been open since Nov. with 100% fake snow yet the economic benefits they claimed would precipitate are non-existent. This City is clearly willing to sacrifice Native culture for a racist business located outside City limits and for mythical economic gain."
In August 2011 an Urgent Action / Early Warning Complaint was filed with the United Nations (UN) CERD Committee, on the desecration of Sacred San Francisco Peaks, Arizona. The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, known internationally as the CERD Committee is charged with monitoring compliance with the International Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD).
CERD Chairperson Alexei Avtonomov responded to the complaint with a letter to the U.S. in March 2012 stating, "The Committee requests information on concrete measures taken to ensure that the sacred character of [the San Francisco Peaks] for indigenous peoples are respected, including the possibility of suspending the permit granted to the Arizona Snowbowl, to further consult with indigenous peoples and take into account their concerns and religious traditions."
Arizona Snowbowl operates their private business on the Peaks under a special use permit from the US Forest Service. The Forest Service approved ski area expansion and treated sewage snowmaking in 2005. Lawsuits by environmental groups and Indigenous Nations ultimately failed and Snowbowl started making treated sewage snow in 2012. The Hopi Tribe is currently in litigation with the City of Flagstaff over the city's contract to sell wastewater to Snowbowl. The City's contract with Snowbowl was administratively renewed in 2014 for 20 years. Neither Indigenous Nations or the public had input on the process.
The march and rally will also bring attention to other threatened sacred sites with invited speakers addressing Bears Ears, Red Butte, Oak Flat, and more.
When: Sunday, January 14, 2018
Where: Front lawn at Flagstaff City Hall.
More info: mountainprotectors@gmail.com, www.protectthepeaks.org
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/
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