From: redorman@theofficenet.com

Moderator's Note:
This message from LP in support of the Dineh resistance has been circulating
various newslists, but I wanted to authenticate it before forwarding it to you,
so the preliminary messages below relate to that authentication, and the eltier
letter is at the end.

 

 

Forwarded message follows:

From: "Nicole St. Laurent" <featherbridge@hotmail.com>
To: "Thomas Taaffe" <bambam@anthro.umass.edu>,
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 18:22:03 -0500
Subject: Fw: Peltier support for Big Mountain

 

 

----- Original Message -----
From: LPDC <lpdc@idir.net>
To: Nicole St. Laurent <featherbridge@hotmail.com>
Sent: Monday, March 27, 2000 11:05 AM
Subject: Re: Peltier support for Big Mountain

 

: Yes, this is the statement issued by Leonard. Peace, Pat
:
: Call the White House Comments Line Today
: Demand Justice for Leonard Peltier! 202-456-1111
:
: Leonard Peltier Defense Committee
: PO Box 583
: Lawrence, KS 66044
: 785-842-5774
: www.freepeltier.org
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: > with your old address in the Subject line
:
: -----Original Message-----
: From: Nicole St. Laurent <featherbridge@hotmail.com>
: To: LPDC <lpdc@idir.net>
: Date: Sunday, March 26, 2000 11:23 PM
: Subject: Fw: Peltier support for Big Mountain
:
:
: >Dear LPDC staff,
: > I received this message and am wondering, since it is without the
usual
: >LPDC header, if it really comes from Leonard? I had thought that the
: person sending it to me was probably just forwarding it from you, but I
looked
: >through my LPDC mail and couldn't find this e-mail. So did Leonard
really
: >write it?
: > Please let me know, since a huge Dine'h support listserve, Robert
: >Dorman's, wants to post it but wants to verify its authenticity first.
: Thank you!
: >Nicole St. Laurent
: >
: > ----- Original Message -----
: >From: <UNCLEJAKE74@aol.com>
: >To: <unclejake74@hotmail.com>
: >Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2000 8:36 PM
: >Subject: Peltier support for Big Mountain
: >
: >
: >: Peltier In Support Of Big Mountain
: >:
: >: Greetings Friends and Supporters,
: >:
: >: I am writing to reiterate my full support of the Dine of Big Mountain
and
: >: their continued resistance against relocation. The final eviction day,
: >: February 1st, came and went without any major confrontations or
: >skirmishes. I think this strategy is very intentional in that the
government knows a
: >long, drawn-out and painful war against a people does not draw as much
: attention and is much more difficult to fight than a dramatic and sudden
attack. I
: >am sure they are waiting for people's attention to lessen before they
move
: in and begin moving people one by one, when few are watching.
: >:
: >: Over the years the resisters have had to struggle just to survive, and
: the very fact that they have survived and continue their resistance is
: >testimony to their amazing strength and belief in the Creator. The
constant fear,
: >: harassment, and dangerous conditions under which they have been forced
to
: >: live have not surmounted their knowledge and skills as gardeners and
: >: sheepherders and caretakers of the land. At the same time, I know how
the
: >: resisters must feel. The relocation bill was passed only a short time
: >before I was arrested, and I know it has been a very long and difficult
time for
: >all of us. And like me, I know that the resisters are likely growing
tired,
: >but like me, they do not have the capability of giving up because they
know
: >they are in the right. When I think of the elders there and all that they
have
: >: been through, the pride I feel for our people swells. I am very proud
of
: >: them. It is such an important time for the families to come together in
: >unity and bring a final end to this attempt.
: >:
: >: I want to personally ask all of you on the outside to maintain and
: >continue to build awareness around the Big Mountain situation. And, I ask
you to
: >: support the people in whatever way they request. Relocation really is
: >: genocide and if the people of Big Mountain are lost, we all will lose
: >another very special and sacred source of traditional knowledge and a way
of life
: >we can all learn from.
: >:
: >: In the Spirit of Crazy Horse
: >:
: >:
: >: Leornard Peltier
: >:
: >
:
:

 

 

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