And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: From: Robert Dorman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 00:29:25 -1000 >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: WGIP`99 - SOVEREIGN DIN NATION & PAUL NAKODA NATION > >NETWARRIORS FRONTLINE REPORTS >17th WGIP 7/29/99 >____________________________ > >Indigenous Relatives and Supporters: > >Working Group on Indigenous Populations >17th Session, 26 - 30 July 1999 >Agenda Item 7 >Joint Intervention by Sovereign Din Nation and Paul Nakoda Nation > > >Dear Madam Chairperson and delegates: > >I am representing a joint statement for the Sovereign Din Nation of Black >Mesa Arizona from the United States and the Paul Nakoda Nation of Alberta, >Canada. As Indigenous Peoples of America, we still value our land and its >surroundings with respect. Coal mining companies are moving into our >territories to meet the needs of other cities. At the growing rate of >modern technology today, the need for electricity is increasing rapidly. >While many people of the world are living comfortably, the living condition >of the Indigenous Peoples are suffering. They are being removed of their >ancestral lands to make way for mining industries. To remove people off >their ancestral lands breaks their connection with their roots. > >In the Canada region, the Paul Nakoda community is suffering from mercury >poisioning from the strip mining, contaminating the water and fish. Fishing >is part of the traditional practices in the southern part of Canada. The >Provincial Government of Alberta has given mining companies permission to >begin a multi-strip mining project, near the town of Hinton, Alberta. The >project will also have serious affects on the traditional hunting areas of >Nakoda, Cree and Saulteau communities of that area. This project will also >completely destroy their sacred sites and vision quest area. > >Among the Din people of Arizona, Peabody Coal Company is forcing its way >through many ancestral burial sites, sacred sites and irreplaceable >vegetation, some of which are medicinal herbs. Only leaving bare, tree-less >hills behind, a wasted land with polluted air and ponds. Without >hesitation, Peabody Coal Company continues its way towards more destruction >of the land and its people. Approximately 2 million gallons of natural >drinking water per day is flushing coal through a slurry pipeline some 273 >miles away, causing the rivers and ponds to run dry, leaving animals with >nothing to drink and people having to haul water up to 40 miles away. >Residents adjacent to the open pit mines are in need of medical assistance >from breathing polluted air, from the blastings and dust from heavy traffic >on unimproved roads. > >Coal companies' invasions are forcing people and animals to relocate and >reduce in numbers. The Creator placed us on the land to be caretakers. >Unfortunately, we are limited to continue this mission and it is beyond our >control. Our sacred sites (including homes) will be destroyed to meet the >needs of the cities to live comfortably. > >Both Nations are experiencing serious problems and are suffering from local >strip minings in each region. Madam Chair, we ask that these coal companies >and industries get the local resident's consent first. We also ask these >Indigenous peoples be informed of these issues before companies make their >way through our backyards. On behalf of our nations, we thank you for your >undivided attention. > > > >Websites for more information on the Din issues: >http://www.solcommuinications.com >http://www.theofficenet.com/~redorman/welcome.html > ************************************ Bob Dorman, KD7FIZ [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Activist Page http://www.theofficenet.com/%7Eredorman/welcome.html Also, for great internet tools please visit: http://www.msw.com.au/cgi-bin/msw/entry?id=1271 Reprinted under the Fair Use http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html doctrine of international copyright law. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ UPDATES: CAMP JUSTICE http://shell.webbernet.net/~ishgooda/oglala/ &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
