Walkers ready for powwow and Rockies

The Longest Walk Northern Route has made it through California and Nevada and is now in Utah. After a couple of very cold nights in Scipio, Utah, the walkers will be in Salina, Utah, tonight, Thursday night.
Please join us Saturday night for the Longest Walk Powwow at the Salt Lake Indian Walk In Center. Next week, the walkers continue through Utah before beginning the great climb into the Colorado Rockies reaching 14,000 feet!
Listen live each day, 10 a.m to 2 p.m. Pacific time, to the Longest Walk Northern Route. We have a telephone connection now for interviews. We are inviting guests on the show to talk about the walk and local and national issues:
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Longest Walk Powwow Salt Lake CityIndian Walk In Center
120 West 1300 South
Salt Lake City

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http://www.longestwalk.org/

Graphic image: Mohawks inflamed over arrest of Indigenous Peoples

A graphic designer's reaction to article: "Mohawks inflamed over arrest of Indigenous Peoples"
http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2007/11/mohawks-border-delegation-inflamed-over.html
Thank you to the designer, who asked to remain anonymous in the spirit of service!
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Mother Earth Father Sky Concert, Dooda Desert Rock Camp

Longest Walk Southern Route comes to Dooda Desert Rock, Navajo Nation, in New Mexico

In concert, Gary Farmer and all star lineup

Greetings Dooda Desert Rock Supporters,
Please join us for two special events happening April 5, 6 & 7, 2008, at the Dooda Desert Rock campsite. On April 6th, DDR will welcome the Longest Walk II to New Mexico. We are honored to be a part of this tradition, as we support our brothers and sisters who have committed themselves to a cross-country walk for environmental protection and Native American rights. DDR will meet the Longest Walk II participants at the Arizona-New Mexico state line, and escort them through New Mexico.
On April 6th, DDR will continue to escort the Longest Walk II to the DDR camp at Chaco Rio, New Mexico. We will have an opportunity to share the story and mission of DDR while the Longest Walk II rests at our camp. DDR will host the “MOTHER EARTH & FATHER SKY Music Festival 2008” to celebrate the end of the New Mexico State Legislative Session and entertain the Longest Walk II walkers as they continue to rest at our camp. We are especially excited to welcome Gary Farmer and his band and all other musicians to this event.
The Longest Walk II will resume their journey on April 7th. DDR will walk with them to the proposed Desert rock power plant site, and on to the New Mexico - Oklahoma border. Then DDR will rejoin the walkers in July in Washington, D.C.
We hope you will join us in this historic celebration.

Elouise Brown
President, Dooda Desert Rock
505-947-6159
thebrownmachine@hotmail.com
http://www.dooda-desert-rock.net/

Racism in America: US image crumbles at United Nations

CONTACT: US Human Rights Network (USHRN)
Ateqah Khaki and David Lerner, Riptide Communications, 212-260-5000

At United Nations Hearing on Race, The US Evades Responsibility for Persistant Inequality in America
UN Committee Set to Issue Review of Bush Administrations Compliance with Race Treaty in Early March

By US Human Rights Network

WASHINGTON, DC - February 25 - Last week, in Geneva, Switzerland, the Bush Administration continued to deny the existence and acute effects of racism in America.
The U.S. Government was on the defensive before a panel of United Nations experts who questioned officials about America’s record on acting to eliminate racial discrimination, which it is obligated to do under the international treaty, the Convention of the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. Under the CERD, as it is known, every two years, signatory countries are required to update a report on the progress in identifying and remedying racial discrimination. For the first time since 2001, the U.S. submitted a report and actually showed up.To view a copy of the shadow report submitted by the US Human Rights Network, please visit: http://www.ushrnetwork.org/cerd_shadow_2008
To learn more, please visit: http://www.ushrnetwork.org/
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Longest Walk enters Utah

By Brenda Norrell
http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com/

BAKER, Nevada -- The Longest Walk Northern Route leaves Baker today, enroute to Delta, Utah. Special thanks to the Salt Lake community for the truckload of food, clothing and funds for the Longest Walk Northern Route. Special thanks to Ella Dayzie, Navajo, executive director of the Salt Lake Indian Walk-In Center, and her family for transporting the donations. They found the Longest Walkers at dinner, where they were treated at the Border Innt on the Nevada and Utah border.
Te-Moak Western Shoshone also found the Long Walkers at the Home Farm, where they received hospitality for two nights. The Te-Moaks are the great-grandchildren of Old Man Temoke, one of the signers of the Treaty of Ruby Valley of 1863. Visiting the Long Walkers for prayers and songs were Jeremiah Jones, Marlene Dick, Norris Honeyestewa and Anissa Dick.
The Longest Walk Northern Route will be in Delta, Utah, tonight, Monday night, March 3.
Listen live, 10 a.m to 2 pm, and to more than 100 interviews from the Longest Walk Northern Route at:
http://www.earthcycles.net/