We all must send letters of support (and financial contributions
if you can).
The
Resources section below will tell you how. The United States was
built on a
legacy of murder and abuse of the original inhabitants of this
land. We
cannot carry that legacy into the future and begin the new millennium
with
more blood on our hands.
RESOURCES
Please write letters (email, regular mail or FAX) to your elected
representatives
to urge them to stop the genocide of the Dineh and give them the
rights they
deserve. This 25-year tragedy must end now. The resources below
will help you
take action.
1. For updated status reports on actions against the Dineh, visit
http://www.solcommunications.com/bigmountain/bigmtnreports.html
2. A press release about the current state of affairs is at
http://www.mindspring.com/~ulmpaper/blk-mesa.htm
3. For a prepared letter that you can copy and send to your elected
representatives visit
http://www.magiccookie.com/activism/black-mesa/scia-19990219.html.
It has a
list of the current U.S. Senators who sit on the Select Committee
on Indian
Affairs.
4. The Dineh resistance effort needs money. Tax deductible
donations can be
sent
to their authorized agent below. I have worked with these people
personally
for
many years and I can assure you that the money will reach its
destination.
They
also have a video that presents the issue:
Steve Sugarman, Executive Director
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (SEE), 20110 Rockport Way,
Malibu, CA,
90265-5340, Telephone: (310) 456-3534. Please make your check
payable to
Sovereign Dineh Nation (SDN). You can email Steve at SEE8541@aol.com
5. If you or anyone you know could possibly go to Black Mesa
and stand by the
elders during this struggle, you can contact them at: Black Mesa
Indigenous
Support, (520)773-8086, P.O. Box 23501, Flagstaff, AZ 86002. Email
fbmsn@hotmail.com or granmonta@hotmail.com
6. Send letters to the following officials.
? Email the Bureau of Indian Affairs at nedra_darling@ios.doi.gov
? Email Bruce Babbitt, the Head of the Department of the Interior
in which
the BIA is housed at bruce_babbitt@ios.doi.gov
? Fred Chavez, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Hopi Agency, P O Box
158, Keams
Canyon,
AZ. 86034
? Kevin Gover, Assistant Secretary, Indian Affairs, Bureau of
Indian Affairs,
1849 C Street, NW, Washington, DC 20240-0001, Office: 202-208-3711,
Fax:
202-501-1516
? for a complete BIA phone book, visit http://www.doi.gov/bia/biapho.htm
7. For a detailed list of addresses of those who need to hear
from
you, visit
http://www.magiccookie.com/activism/black-mesa/contacts.html.
The site is
still under construction, but a lot of good information is there
now.
8. Read a fact sheet prepared by the Dineh Nation at
http://www.solcommunications.com/bigmountain/myth.html
9. The recently issued report by the UN Commission on Human
Rights regarding
the Dineh can be found at
http://www.theofficenet.com/~redorman/amor_report.htm#III
10. Read the Notice to Vacate given to the Dineh by the U.S.
Government
at
http://www.lisn.net/bigmountain2.htm#bigmountain2
11. See a thorough summary of the history of the Dineh relocation
at
http://www.alphacdc.com/wsdp/dine-ct.html
12. Another good summary can be found at http://www.umc-gbcs.org/dineh-am.htm
which focuses on the human rights violations and the religious
freedoms
issue.
13. Read the EPA description of the Church Rock nuclear waste
spill superfund
site that is upstream from the relocation site. Ten thousand Dineh
are living
and
suffering here now. You must have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed
to read
http://www.epa.gov/earth1r6/6sf/pdffiles/unitdnuc.pdf
14. Send an email message to President Clinton at president@whitehouse.gov
demanding action on this issue. The Dineh must be supported and
the harassment
being condoned by the U.S. government in the interest of big business
must
end.
You can also use the form at
http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/Mail/html/Mail_President.html to
send your
message.
15. Find out who your Congressional representatives are and
e-mail them.
Demand
that the harassment of the Dineh end and that steps be taken to
help these
people
that the U.S. has persecuted since its beginning. If you know
your Zip code,
you
can find them at http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/ziptoit.html
or you can
search by state at http://www.webslingerz.com/jhoffman/congress-email.html.
You can also find your representatives at
http://congress.nw.dc.us/innovate/index.html
16. Learn about the issues. A great alternative bookstore is
Powell’s
Bookstore in
Portland, Oregon at http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/associate?assoc_id=212
where you will find a wonderful alternative to the massive chain
bookstores
taking over the market.
{Jackie Giuliano, a writer and a Professor of Environmental
Studies, can be
found
in Venice, California, thinking about all the power his computer
uses and how
that has impacted the Dineh. Please send your thoughts, comments,
and
visions to him at jackie@healingourworld.com and visit his web
site at
www.healingourworld.com}