The justification for Public Law 93-531 passed by Congress in 1974 was that the Navajo-Hopi land dispute is so serious that 10,000 Navajos near Big Mountain, Arizona, must be relocated, forcibly if necessary. It would be the largest forced relocation of U.S. citizens since the relocation of Japanese-Americans during World War II.
But tradition-minded Navajo and Hopi claim there never was a land dispute. They say the dispute was invented to get the Navajos and their livestock off mineral-rich land in the Hopi reservation so it could be developed by mining companies such as Peabody Coal and Kerr-McGee.
…the continuation and preservation of traditional Native American Religion is ensured only through the performance of ceremonies and rites by tribal members. These ceremonies and rites are often performed on specific sites…These sites may also be based on special geographic features…For most Native American religions, there may be no alternative places of worship since these ceremonies must be performed at certain places and times to be effective.
Such is the case at Pe Sla, “one of the five primary sacred sites in the Black Hills to the Lakota nation.â€
The Pe Sla is one of the five primary sacred sites in the Black Hills to the Lakota nation because of its position on their annual pilgrimage/journey of prayers and ceremonies. It is also the only one held mostly in private hands as others are within state or federal property. This prairie has only known cattle grazing by a handful of ranchers since the Homestead Act. Now subdivisions are encroaching upon this one pristine open space left in the Black Hills. more this way»
Submitted by winter rabbit on 26 March 2008 - 6:45am.
BRUSSELS, Belgium - European Union leaders will receive a stark warning next week of potential conflict with Russia over energy resources at the North Pole as global warning melts the ice cap and aggravates international security threats.
The ambient devastation and the climatic changes have become an actual debate on the polar areas and its destiny; they are also well known as geopolitical and energy areas. more this way»
Submitted by winter rabbit on 11 March 2008 - 4:21pm.
“Apartheid†is certainly a strong word. And certainly, there are recognized tribes in the U.S. that are now achieving certain levels of relative prosperity primarily due to federal law allowing them to operate casinos, But the data contained in this section as well as others in this report (see, e.g., Violence Against Women, The Right to the Highest Attainable Standard of Health) reflect what only can be described as a system of Apartheid on many Indian Reservations, where Indigenous people are warehoused in poverty and neglect. By purpose or effect, their only option is forced assimilation, the abandonment of their land, families, language and cultures in search of a better life.
The Shadow Report Outlines the following: critical things the U.S. Periodic Report omitted that were supposed to have been reported to the Human Rights Committee; Un – recognized Indigenous Peoples of which “many have waited decades†for recognition; the “Indian Reservation Apartheid;†the “Life Expectancy on the Indian Reservation†with its “high rate of infant mortality, cancer, diabetes, and heart disease;†poverty and unemployment, overall problems with justice; “Racially Discriminatory Constitutional Foundations;†religious freedom as it relates to access to sacred lands; “Environmental Racism and its effects on Indigenous Human Rights,†that “you cannot damage the land without damaging those who live upon it;†“The Denial of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms in the Political, Economic, Social, Cultural, or any Other Field of Public Life;†“Racist Science and the Collective Right of Free, Prior and Informed Consent;†“Articles 6 and 7,†which mention the devastation of Indian Boarding Schools and “Racist Sports Mascots and Logos;†and finally, “The United States and its Transnational Companies and Violations of the Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples Abroad.†more this way»
Submitted by winter rabbit on 3 March 2008 - 10:33pm.
I wrote The Genocide of Matriarchal Societies in April of last year (2007), and there is some additional information I want to share along those general lines now. We’ll pick up where we left off and the answer to “Where Are All Your Women†will be made chillingly clear as to why they are “Missing In Action†after we recognize that a woman is set to be beheaded for “practicing witchcraft.†First however, we will reread the words of Archie Fire Lame Deer and relish in the scholarship of Barbara Alice Mann.
Archie Fire Lame Deer had discovered enormous commonalties in terms of visual imagery between those in his father's Yuwipi ceremonies and the visual imagery of the Black Madonna. Next, he learned that medicine men and Black Madonnas shared the same tragic fate.
..one last example of synchronicity is between the Lakota and a prehistoric cave in France. Archie Fire Lame tells briefly of his travels there with his daughter, while talking to a guide he described as a “spiritual man.â€
Fire Lame Deer & Richard Erdoes. “Gift Of Power.†pp. 277-278.
I found the image of a buffalo carved out of the living rock with water from a sacred spring flowing from its mouth. While I was contemplating this, I heard (his daughter) holler, “Daddy, quick, come here!†– There revealed a face exactly like the one my father always used during his Yuwipi ceremonies –
Then our guide said, “All this goes back thousands of years before Christianity.†- (He) kept the image of a dark-skinned prophetess that nowadays is called the “Black Madonna.†He told me, “They called her and her sisters witches and burned them at the stake.â€
“I know all about this,†I said. “They called our medicine men witch doctors and shot them dead for the same reasons.†He went on, “This here has survived. Few have been inside this cave. You have been chosen.â€
Next, Barbara Alice Mann has made such valuable contributions in terms of outlining and defining the “Western obliteration of women from the record, (p. 129)†that I don’t think it can be retold too many times. more this way»
Submitted by winter rabbit on 24 February 2008 - 12:35pm.
A British mining company is about to begin exploratory drilling for toxic, radioactive uranium in Kaibab National Forest just outside the eco-fragile boundaries of Grand Canyon National Park.
Of course, the idea of uranium is being sold as if it were an absolute necessity.
Do these companies really care about the beauty of the Earth Mother,
This ill-conceived drilling is powerful evidence that tighter restrictions must be enacted to protect the Canyon. It further indicates the critical need to modernize the General Mining Act of 1872, which authorizes mining for economic minerals on federal public lands. more this way»
Submitted by winter rabbit on 22 February 2008 - 2:40pm.
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Clinton had to raise the stakes by raising the bar: It’s Tuesday or bust.
And along with victimhood, Clinton has finally found a powerful theme, the same theme that George W. Bush used at his convention and in his reelection campaign in 2004: Vote for me or die.
With her “3 a.m. phone call†ad, she is saying exactly what Bush said: I will protect you and your children, and the other guy will not.
Yes, there is irony in a Democrat trying to getting the nomination by adopting a Republican tactic, but, hey, you know what? It worked back then, and Clinton is betting it will work now.
