And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: From: BIGMTLIST <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: "Dave and Candy Rotering" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Black Mesa Date: Sun, 2 May 1999 19:07:50 -0700 Please post The following letter from a supporter of the elders on the HPL at Black Mesa in NE AZ brings out some very good points. Thank you, Candy Rotering An Open letter to the Management and employees of Hopi-B.I.A. Range Management Department, Keams Canyon. To whom it may concern, I am writing to you with some questions about your recent activities on the so-called Hopi partition Lands (HPL), the livestock count and impoundments. I am sending copies of this letter to the local press, and posting it on the Internet, as I believe the current Dept. of Interior/B.I.A. corruption scandal makes your activities of concern to the tax-paying American public, and also because when questioned face-to-face you have a tendency to arrest the questioner. The first question is quite simply, why do you need to count the livestock when you already know exactly how many animals the people have? Your "monitors" have been observing, counting, and photographing the people's flocks for years now. Could the reason be to harass and intimidate these elderly, traditional people? To "count" sheep, why is it necessary to come to the people's homes with a veritable convoy of armed law-enforcement officers from a variety of police agencies? Once again, could the reason be to harass and intimidate? When you come to "count" sheep, why is it necessary to come loaded down with cameras and video equipment? Are you hoping to get on the "Cops" TV show, or is it to harass and intimidate the people in their home? I notice that when entering Hopi villages there are huge signs warning people NOT to photograph as it is disrespectful. Do not the residents of the HPL deserve a similar courtesy? What is the cost of this massive paramilitary operation to the taxpayer? Or maybe the funding is coming from misappropriated Indian Trust accounts? As to the rational behind this operation, is the Range management Study with which you are basing your land carrying capacity available for public perusal and study? Would you be prepared to have an independent Range management study conducted by an outside agency, to verify that your study is not biased toward your own desired results? While I admit I am not a scientist, I have traveled over areas of the HPL where no stock has been grazed for many years, and I see no discernable difference between that land and the land where residents are grazing their flocks. However, across the fence on land that the Hopi Tribe is grazing cattle, the difference is immediately obvious. Several visiting stockmen from off the reservation have expressed amazement at the limits you are trying to impose on these people. Are you ashamed of what you are doing? If not, then why don't you honest about your aims? Last century, when the U.S. Government ordered the extermination of the Buffalo, they did not hide behind the excuse of "Range Management, they simply told the truth, that it was to "starve the Indians into submission." To the people on the HPL, and to their many visitors, you are appearing to behave like terrorist thugs. Hopefully we are mistaken. I look forward to hearing your answers at your soonest convenience Sincerely Jackie Welsh P.O. Box 23501 Flagstaff, AZ 86002 ******************************************** You are on the BIGMTLIST, a moderated mailing list of Big Mountain relocation resistance information (not discussion or debate). To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe BIGMTLIST" in the subject header. For non-list members receiving this post as a forwarded message, you may subscribe by emailing [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words "subscribe BIGMTLIST" in the subject header. For Big Mountain and other activist internet resources, visit "The Activist Page" at http://www.theofficenet.com/~redorman/welcome.html Also, for great internet tools please visit: http://www.msw.com.au/cgi-bin/msw/entry?id=1271 ******************************************** ------------------------------------------ This message was sent to you by Name: BIGMTLIST Email Address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] IP Address: office11.theofficenet.com ------------------------------------------ Using Aureate Group Mail Free Edition Find out more about this product and try it for free at: http://www.group-mail.com/1 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/ &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
