And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Date: Tue, 09 Mar 1999 13:07:42 -0700
From: Lori Goodman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Organization: Din� CARE
Message to the Family and Friends of Ingrid Washinawatok, Terence
Freitas and Lahe'ena'e Gay who were taken hostage and murdered in
Colombia, South America.
Statement by Dine' CARE
The members of Dine' Citizens Against Ruining our Environment (CARE)
wish to express their condolences and prayers to the familes of Ingrid
Washinawatok, Lahe'ena'e Gay, and Terrence Freitas. We are saddened and
angered by their deaths in Venezuela last week.
Dine' CARE spokesman Earl Tulley, commenting on the loss, offers these
short words of tribute to Ingrid Washinawatok, whom both he and other
Dine' CARE members knew through the Indigenous Environmental Network:
"Rest, my sister. You have fought a good fight. We will meet again."
Sadly, the loss of these brave people is part of a continuous pattern of
genocide being waged against the U'wa people of Columbia, and a five
hundred year war on the indigenous peoples of the Americas. Today that
war continues for the land which we still hold sacred, but which has
been reduced to a collection of "resources" and "assets" to be converted
into cash.
Our own Dine' brother and activist Leroy Jackson gave his life for the
Grandfather Trees of the Navajo homeland. We likewise recognize the
brave sacrifice of the three environmentalists and humanitarians in
Columbia and the ongoing struggle of the U'wa people to protect their
forest lands.
Whether the military government, the rebels, or specific oil interests
are responsible for the murders makes little difference. These
organizations all represent different manifestations of the same ills
that plague the process of development: greed, the willingness to
violate our Mother the Earth for the sake of exploitable resources, and
the tendency to regard indigenous people - fellow human beings - as
expendable pawns in a political and economic game. As such, all are
enemies of the original people of Columbia.
We knew Ingrid and worked with her on many native women and
environmental issues. She was a brave-hearted woman and we will always
honor her memory by continuing the sacred work of protecting our Mother
Earth and all of creation.
We met Terrence through Indigenous Environmental Network yearly
"Protecting Mother Earth" conferences. Terrence was a brave young man
who worked closely with indigenous peoples.
Finally, to the families of these victims we say: find comfort in
knowing that many people have benefited from your sharing with us
wonderful human beings you brought into our lives for this brief time.
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