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View From The Hogan #12
Plants begin to grow (April 2000)
Notes from Big Mountain
I have an alarm clock. Its called the
Peabody Mine Plane. Most days it flies by a little before
sunrise, so if I am still in bed when I hear it I know I'm
running late. Its not a little 2-seater, but large enough to have
cargo doors in the rear. A couple of years ago it took to
"buzzing" the Altar way below the legal altitude. Twice
it was so low it caused the flock to scatter to the four
directions. Maybe the pilot had recently watched Top Gun, or
maybe the bosses told him how much fun it is to frighten old
ladies. So, why does Peabody need a plane? Well, it takes a full
3 hours to drive from the office in Flagstaff out to the mine on
Black Mesa, and, as we all know, time is money, so those poor old
executives have to fly themselves and the mail out there. The
thing that strikes me each time it flies by is just how much it
must cost to operate. Keeping an airport at the mine going, a
facility at Flagstaff
airport, the wages for the pilots and mechanics etc and the fuel
costs. A damn sight more than is made by ALL the people on the
land that the plane flies over I suspect
And to continue on the theme of the
Absurd, I want to talk about cows. (Appearances to the contrary,
this is not a Cowboy versus Sheepman scenario, so popular in the
old western movies)
A lot of people don't like cows.
Considering the damage they have done to
western lands, that's not surprising.
One of the Grandmas here refers to them
as " four-legged vacuum cleaners." I remember way back
when THE RAINFOREST replaced the whale as the Poster Child of the
mainstream environmental movement. Seems like huge acreage of
virgin forest was being cut down daily to provide grazing land
for cows to feed the American burger franchises. Admittedly there
were some huge bucks behind the campaign, but millions of
Americans "voted with their pocket books" and applied
pressure to the burger chains and
caused some minor changes in the corporations habits. (Having a
tendency to cynicism on occasion, I suspect the changes were
primarily cosmetic).
Seems like people thought the diversity of the forest habitat was
more important than the sacred cow. A couple of years ago I was
listening to a radio interview with a Native American woman who
had an organization that helped indigenous peoples with economic
start-ups. She went on to explain that they had now moved into
the international arena with a project in Botswana. Apparently
the Bushmen of the Kalahari were being moved off their land to
make way for...... cows. Once again, American support was
mobilized to stop this travesty. (though I believe the Bushmen
are still being moved off)
So what's this got to do with Big
Mountain? Well, there used to be over ten thousand virtually
self-sufficient people living here. Mostly living in a good way
without needing to plug into the cash economy too much.
They've been moved off. And what has replaced them? Cows. A damn
sight fewer than ten thousand of them. These cows are owned by a
very small group of individuals. These individuals and their
friends ARE the Hopi Tribal Council. The parallel to Public Lands
ranching in the western U.S. is obvious. A small group of
individuals get to engage in uneconomic profit making because the
US taxpayers, and in the case here the Hopi people AND the US
taxpayers, are footing the bill. And the land and the people
suffer.
The second of the "Exclusion"
trials has taken place. Still no word on the result of the first
one, though Hopi people say there is no way of getting a fair
hearing from the HTC. They should know. What is obvious is that
the HTC is selectively applying this law against supporters of
the resisters. If they were to apply the law to everyone then
their courts would be full.
On a totally unrelated subject, A Hopi
Tribal judge just got busted in Flagstaff for DUI.
A delegation of resistors are in Geneva
(that's Geneva, Switzerland, not Geneva, Wisconsin) testifying
before the U.N. It's worth remembering that back when the U.N.
was setting up the process to include the worlds indigenous
people in its apparatus, that President Bush threatened to pull
the plug unless the U.N backed off from the relocation issue
here.
After Geneva, the resisters are going to a town in Germany where
a Coal Company is planning on relocating some people to make way
for a mine.
Lets hope the delegation of resistors gets there before the HTC
parachutes in a crack SWAT team of propagandists to teach the
Coal Company how to manufacture a land dispute.
People here have been receiving a new
round of impoundment notices.
I guess the good guys at the Hopi BIA
figure there is no-one watching here any more so its back to the
usual daily grind of harassment.
Now might be a good time to once again
offer to you a variety of ways you can help with the situation
here on the Altar. First thing is,... educate yourself about what
is and has been happening. Watching a video and reading a few
emails is not enough. Research, cross-check, verify,... dig and
learn for yourselves what is going on. Draw your own
conclusion.... anything you learn for yourself has more power
than simply repeating what has been told you. As you learn it
should become more obvious in what ways you want to help.
Secondly, talk to people about what is going on,... friends,
family, colleagues, and especially media contacts... it can only
help all of us the more people who are aware of what is actually
going on. Third, write to the Clowns.... tell em what you think
and feel,... ask em what they think they are doing. I can send a
list of addresses and suitable topics if you want. Fourth, on
land support,.... material and physical. There are a few material
things that can help the people here live as they should. Bodies
are needed to herd sheep and act as witnesses, drivers etc.
Finally, Pray. Whatever your spiritual persuasion.
Back in the real world, Spring has
sprung (as the saying goes). Spring is in the air (as the
song goes). Many friends writing recently have commented on the
arrival of spring in their neck of the woods. It seems like no
matter how insulated from the non-human world we get, whether by
TV, artificial light, concrete and steel, or supermarket food,
the rhythms and cycles of life tug at our cells and stir
something deep inside. For those , like the people on the Altar,
who lack no awareness of our dependence on the land, Spring means
one thing. The gift of Life.
The grass has started to grow again.
First one species, then a week later another, then another. The
bright green against the red/pink/salmon/ochre/white/grey ground
paints a pretty picture indeed.
The wild carrots now are topped with delicate purple and white
rosettes.
I even saw the first scarlet bud of "Indian Paintbrush"
poking up.
Somehow, the hummingbirds down in Mexico know this and are
starting their journey back here. The peach trees are blossoming,
and two other species of flowers are about. Just below the
surface of the ground, the melted snow and rain sits and waits
for the corn to be planted in a moon or so. The sheep are happy
to be getting fresh green... as will I be in a couple of
weeks when the first produce from the garden comes in.
I'd like to introduce you to some of the
individuals I spend my days with. Great great great Grandma is
very old. I remember overhearing a young girl at a swimming pool
ask her mom, when an old lady came out of the changing room,
"mommy, why doesn't that ladies skin fit?". That's
great great great grandma.... all skin and bone. For the past
year she has always come along in the rear of the flock. She
refuses to hurry (an admirable trait), and arrives at the corral
after everyone else. For the past couple of weeks she has decided
to march to the beat of a different drummer than the flock and
makes no attempt to keep up with them. She comes and goes as she
pleases.
At the other end of the age spectrum is
Baby. For some reason Baby's mom had no milk, and none of the
other mommas. had any to spare, so I have been bottle-feeding
Baby. Problem is, instead of following the other sheep she just
hangs around me, and whenever her belly is anything less than
empty will bleat incessantly if she can see me.
Then there are a pair of twin sisters.
If it were not disrespectful to name the animals, I might call
them Dumb and Dumber. They are real pretty, with black, white and
brown coats, and they sure like to eat. So much so that they
don't bother watching the rest of the flock wander off,... after
10 minutes or so they will look up, and not seeing anyone, will
wander around making noises like a car horn with a dying battery.
I constantly have to keep back-tracking to find them.
Soon be time to plant corn, so I went
down to check out the cornfield recently, and was horrified to
discover a family of moles have moved in. Simplest thing would be
to spend a day or two sitting outside their homes entrance with a
gun or club, problem solved, quick and easy. But that would be
cruel. So I have decided to instigate a "Voluntary
Relocation" program. Already I have written a legal document
(in English and Navajo and Hopi) explaining their illegal
trespassing, and the necessity of them to move elsewhere, and
left it in their doorway. So far they have decided not to reply
or comply. The next step will be to
hammer a couple of metal fence posts into the ground near their
burrows, and repeatedly throughout the day bang furiously on the
posts with a hammer. If that doesn't work I will stomp on all new
construction and repair of their homes. Then I can pour water
down the burrows. If they still haven't left I resort to the
Ultimate Secret Weapon..... I'll slap an "exclusion
order" on them.
Been reading a lot on American foreign
policy,... not just towards the Red Nations of Turtle Island, but
world-wide. It is absolutely clear, that in most, if not all,
cases that the U.S. has started a War, "police
action", or invasion of other countries (and there have been
many dozens just since W.W.II), the American public has been lied
to about the events leading up to these invasions... while
promulgating a high moral stance, the U.S. has militarily
intervened in the democratic processes of other countries to
further or ensure its own control of the resources necessary to
keep the profits flowing to the rich, and to keep the American
populace sedated with cheap consumer items. After the event, the
truth becomes known, but by then its too late. Question is, how
can the American people continue to accept the blatant lies of
its government when the facts contradict them... again and again?
Theodore Roszak puts it this way "Like all imperial powers,
we fill the silence that follows our conquest with assumptions of
historical necessity. Whatever holds out against us - we regard
as so much cultural debris."
This same colonialist policy has continued, and is evident right
here on the Mesa..... .... The Indian Wars didn't end when Kevin
Costner road off the screen in Dances with Wolves..... they
continued unabated,.. camouflaged sometimes, but largely
invisible to the majority of U.S. citizens. Maybe this is why
there is so much support from outside the U.S. for the resistance
here.... from outside the dominant culture, history is
different...... instead of starting when Columbus invaded Turtle
island, the land has a history that goes back to the beginning of
time,... this history continues alongside that which is taught in
schools...
An update on my companions that I wrote
about earlier. Great Great Great Grandma hasn't been by for a few
days now. I suspect I shall find her bones bleaching in the sun
sometime soon. I suspect also that she died with the same dignity
that she lived with. As for Baby and the lambs-formerly-known-as
Dumb-and-Dumber,.... early this morning the flock busted out of
the corral. (I know which individual is responsible for this
jailbreak), and by the time we found them they were a half mile
from home..... rounded em up and put them back in the corral, but
Baby and D&D were nowhere to be found. Searched for them all
day, and as they weren't found by sunset I figured they were
coyote bait. A couple of hours after sunset I heard a plaintiff
bleating a couple of hundred yards out,..... taking a flashlight
I followed the sound to its source, and there was Baby and
D&D,.... all with fat bellies. I guess Baby has now learned
to hang with the other sheep, and D&D are smart enough to
find their own way home. Not that I doubted it for a second.
I hear that something called "Earth
Day" is coming up soon. I'm sure most of you already know,
but here in Indian Country, EVERY day is Earth Day.
(Every day is Thanksgiving too.)
With the blinding speed of the
Information Superfootpath, View From The
Hogan has gone visual with the addition of photos. I don't want
to clog up y'alls email boxes, so I will maintain a second
subscription list for those wishing to get the photos. They will
be in JPG format, and not too large. So, drop me a line if you
want to get them. This first set are:
VFH12pix1..... Seemingly unaware that
they are undocumented trespassers, the flock ponders the eternal
paradox... no matter how much they keep eating, the grass keeps
growing. (photo credit: BoPeep)
VFH12pix2 .... After crossing through
the Fence, the Prayer Walk approaches the final ascent onto Black
Mesa. Or, if you're a fan of the HTC "aggressive and racist
outside agitators invade Hopi land". (photo credit: BoPeep)
VFH12pix3 ...The Prayer Walk is moments
away from reaching the top of Black Mesa. (photo credit: BoPeep)
VFH12pix4 ... Long-time resister and
matriarch Roberta Blackgoat. (photo credit unknown)
Walking past a newsstand a while back, I
noticed a headline "Los Angeles running out of
electricity."(Or maybe it was Phoenix) Oh dear. what will
they do about that? Seems like they have 2 choices. Build more
coal-fired power plants (now where could they be thinking of
finding the coal do you think????), or build some new nuclear
power plants ( it is , after all, a "clean" energy
source!!!!). A third option of using renewable energy sources
like wind or solar has dropped out of favor in McU.S.A.
There is a fourth option. The
inhabitants of LaLaLand (or Phoenix) could DECREASE their energy
consumption. But that's an absurd idea, as that would imply that
as "mere" individuals we were capable of effecting
change. Much simpler to feel powerless victims of the Mega Corps.
Then go out and buy more stuff.
But then, what the hell do I know, I'm
just a sheepherder
Thank you for
giving me your time by reading this
Your prayers,
support, & correspondence are invited
"I look for
what needs to be done. After all, that's how the universe invents
itself"
For all my
relations
BoPeep
(reachable via unclejake74@hotmail.com)
P.S. To all those who have written to me, please be aware that my
highest priorities are the flock, the garden, and the Grandmas,
email is not, therefore it may take as long as a half moon
between when you write, and when you hear back from me. Around
here the information superhighway is sometimes no faster than the
Pony Express. Please be patient, you will hear from me.
If you have received this update as a forward, but want to sure
of getting them in the future, please let me know and I will add
you to the list. Also if there are any "back
issues" you don't have, again, let me know.
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The Kangaroo Court over at Wayne's World has ruled for Arlene
Hamilton's exclusion. I will have more on this in the next VFH,
but for now I pass on a statement by Arlene herself.
For all my relations
BoPeep
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A note to the reader:
I am going on the Internet for the first time
with a direct statement to the global public for ONE REASON:
To communicate with all my relatives who know
and love Big Mountain and all that the Dine & Hopi
Traditionals stand for - the Highest Good for all living things.
My humble thanks and honor to the Sundancers
whose prayers and suffering all these years still keeps the
sacred land, the traditional people and the language, ancient
culture, and ceremonial life intact. Thank you to the
Sundance leaders.
The people united will never be defeated.
All my love, respect, prayers.
Arlene Hamilton
FREE LEONARD PELTIER NOW
This is a personal statement directly from Arlene Hamilton,
president of Weaving For Freedom, in response to the ruling of
exclusion by the Hopi Tribal Council.
April 22, 2000
To all my brothers and sisters throughout
America and across the great waters who have prayed for and cared
about the traditional Dine and Hopi people who continue to resist
mining of their ancestral land, I greet you, I send all of my
love and thanks to you.
Like the Dine grandmothers who are caretakers
of the sacred Altar of Big Mountain, you too are protectors of
this land. I know that many of you have sacrificed and worked and
given of yourself throughout the years to protect the Dine people
and Big Mountain. I send prayers to you from my heart.
You are all very important to this monumental struggle. I know
that many of you know the history of Big Mountain and that the
issues are very complex and the media distorts the truth. I trust
all of you have your "sifters" out when you read the
newspapers etc and sift through what the U.S Govt. and Peabody
Coal Co. propaganda to understand the truth.
Two days ago, upon returning from Geneva,
Switzerland ( I traveled with Louise Benally to the U.N to
present Item 11: Religious Intolerance to the Human Rights
Commission) When I came back I went to Los Angeles for 24
hours. I went to meet with Woody Harrelsons assistant, while I
was in his office I received a call from my lawyer telling me
that the Hopi Tribal Chairman ruled for the EXCLUSION ORDER on
me. Yes, I cried, I felt terribly sad and devastated to hear that
they actually ruled exclusion. I immediately called Tony Serra's
office to file an appeal to the Hopi Chairman. Many of the Dine
Elders cried with me in their arms BEFORE the exclusion order
came out because of the sadness that it has gone this far. After
I met with Woody's assistant, I then met with John Paul Dejoria
briefly. I spoke of the concern for religious freedom rights out
here especially this year in regard to
Anne Mae Sundance. For the first time in 17 years I have GREAT
CONCERN for the SAFETY of the Dine people and all nations that
will come to pray here in July.
I then came back to Tuba City. When I got
there I was faced with numerous newspaper articles about my case.
One of them said "I was on trial for my 17 years of relief
work for the Dine people residing on HPL". Many articles put
out by the Hopi Tribal Council said I have "violated Hopi
laws for years".
This is news to me. I have never been convicted of a crime on
Hopi land. And since when is it a crime to feed Dine and Hopi
people. At the Witness Camp all we did was plant cornfields for
the Dine elders, shear sheep, repair fences, haul water, chop
wood, cook, and learn weaving, carding, spinning and various
traditional plant dyes for the wool. Where in America is this
breaking the law? And many Hopi people have told me that the Hopi
Tribal Council represents the U.S. Govt., not Hopi traditional
sacred laws.
Also 11 out of 12 Hopi witnesses testified on
my behalf, saying not a blade of grass was harmed by the
temporary Tipis I put up and removed after 8 weeks. The Hopi
Rangers/Monitors stated I was always kind, respectful and fully
co-operative with them when they came to the camp armed 15 times.
They even stated I "fed them on several occasions".
Finally all of them stated that they NEVER told me to leave or
take anything down in the 8 weeks I was there.
My lawyer called it "entrapment" to
prepare for my exclusion because I had verbal permission from the
Director of Hopi Lands to put the tipis up.
Even the Hopi Rangers stated that it was 110 to 115 degree
weather and high winds and that I put up the tipis to protect
elders and children's health during the educational classes,
which also included Dine language and Dine geology and history.
I have never committed any crimes, I worked to
prevent violence out here for 17 years. No-one can imagine what
Sarah Katenay and I went through to keep the Sundance Arbor up at
Survival Camp for 14 years. In 1992 we
finally had to build a fence and locked gate to keep BIA trucks
from entering as the BIA tried every year to take down the Arbor.
We prevented violence for years out here CONSTANTLY in peaceful
negotiations with Federal, Tribal, and Corporate officials. Even
Robert Carolin, former BIA Superintendent, stated that
"there will be no violence if Arlene Hamilton is there, she
won't allow it." Elders have had me escort people who had
weapons off the land on several occasions. No weapons, no
violence is ever permitted out here.
At the Witness Camp last summer Hopi Rangers
and Monitors came and took latitude and longitude with GPS
computers at the Tipi door. 3 hours later Apache
helicopters swarmed the camp at tree top level for days. I
thought I was in a movie. Then, when Bonnie Whitesinger,
myself, and Swaneagle went to get help one night we were followed
by one helicopter next to us and 6 more helicopters over our
vehicle for more than 20 minutes. They were silent and they were
scary. At the Witness Camp, when the helicopters came, the writer
from Mother Jones magazine said "Arlene, I wouldn't believe
this if I didn't see it for myself. But when he checked with the
Airforce to find out who ordered the helicopters, no-one knew
anything about these overflights.
Strange isn't it?
Meanwhile the Elders and college students were
planting corn while overflights in planes flying low over the
fields were talking with Rangers in the trucks below. This is an
example of harassment and religious intolerance.
Corn planting is sacred and ceremonial and the way the people
plant corn has been instructed by the Holy Ones and Great Spirit.
The college students could not believe that the Elders have to
live and work under these conditions.
I continued to feed 50 Elders and kids a day
for 8 weeks at the Witness Camp. Many people helped us do the
Witness Camp. We had no idea that the Hopi Tribe would consider
the sacred Tipis "illegal structures" - this is the
basis of my exclusion, as well as "unlawful assembly".
What kind of a threat is Elderly weavers spinning and carding
wool in a Tipi?
The truth is that I do not blame Hopi Tribe or
Hopi men or women, I blame Peabody Coal Co. executives Irl
Inglehart and Howard Carson for these continuos inhumane
activities. I feel sorry for Eugene Kaye that he is
being used this far for making way for Peabody Coal Co., now
owned by Lehman Bros. Investment Corp.
The teachers of America need to be aware and
begin to speak up and organize to protect these Native American
people that live on top of the 100 billion dollars worth of coal
that Peabody is so greedy and hungry for,
because American teachers pension funds are held in Lehman Bros.
Investment Corp.
Even Hopi Tribal employees have told me that
these Dine Elders could be the Hopi grandchildren's best
advocates because they are standing up to protect sacred land and
the sacred altar of Mother Earth
After 17 years out here it is clear to me that
the Hopi and Dine people care for each other and are not able to
have freedom of speech about their
traditional lives together and concern for each other.
The main issue now is that I can't let
this exclusion order upset these elders more than they already
are, when I came back so many elders cried in my arms about this.
We are family now, I have met with these Dine
weavers in resistance, four generations for 17 years and followed
all of their guidance and direction. I have been accountable for
sending over one million dollars to these weavers in the past 15
years with the gracious help of hundreds of concerned brothers
and sisters throughout America.
Weaving For Freedom (as the Elders named it)
is a weaving collective of both signers and non-signers who have
met together every 2-3 months for 17 years as a collective making
all the decision. These weavers have been nominated the Greatest
Cultural Design Artists in the world by people in Geneva,
Switzerland. The weaving collective was established in 1983
All of the Elder weavers, and the younger
generations, are committed to getting the areas of Red Willow
Springs, Cactus Valley, Thin Rock Mesa, Blue Canyon, Mosquito
Springs, Red Lake, and Big Mountain preserved as a National
Historic Cultural Preservation Site.
The Hopi Tribal Council members have told me
if we can get it "brought to the table" that they would
vote "yes" on it. But they are getting paid to make way
for mining and they cannot get it brought up or they will lose
their jobs.
I understand that the people need to work to
feed their children. When I go in the Hopi offices everyone is
kind and nice to me. There are no enemy lines. I have respect for
the people. I just hope and pray that some of
them will speak up and say ":this is wrong what is happening
to the Dine people". It was humanitarians in the Hopi tribe
that finally opened six water wells for the Dine families in
isolated areas. The men that are humanitarians in the Hopi Tribe,
like Arnold Taylor, Emmett Navakaku, Clayton honeyumptewa, Sgt.
Vicente, and Ranger Clifford Nodman Jr., should speak up more and
be listened to as they defend human rights and religious freedom
rights for the people. It is time.
I thought Eugene Kaye (Hopi Chief of staff)
looked on me as a daughter by how many times he sent Rangers to
check on me. And all the money they spent on gas I could have fed
more Elderlies and children. I still believe
that somewhere in his heart and soul that Eugene Kaye does
respect my work with the Dine people and my endurance under these
conditions out here all these years, but the Peabody pressure is
too much.
To all of you who read this, under the
Exclusion order I can no longer live with Roberta Blackgoat, who
raised me for 17 years. She is 83 years old and she is extremely
kind and a very spiritual woman. For 2 years I am
not allowed to come to the resistors homes, but says the ruling
"because of all my good work" I will be allowed after 2
years, with permission and special conditions.
So now I will meet with the Dine weavers on
the NPL side of the fence. We will continue to work together to
bring these sacred weavings that reflect the Dine weavers
religious ties to the land to the American Public.
Please set up Rug Shows in your areas and
contact us for more info through weavingfree@hotmail.com.
I would also ask that all of you write letters
to the Hopi Chairman Wayne Taylor, PO Box 123, Kykotsmovi, AZ
86039, asking for NO EXCLUSION ORDERS and requesting to
preserve this ancient area as a National Historic Cultural
Preservation Site.
Everyone should know that Peabody Coal Co. and
their executives Irl Inglehart and Howard Carson have never
restored the areas around Kayenta or Black Mesa mines. They
continue to disturb sacred burial sites even
though the Elders have been clear - "NO MORE
REBURIALS", and nothing grows around the mines. We cannot
allow them to rape the Mother earth anymore. They mine and then
leave it trashed, depleted, and poisoned. And they want to get to
this coal, water, and uranium, they are like hungry animals,
frothing at the mouth trying to push everyone out of the
way so they can mine here. I was offered $200,000 by Howard
Carson asking me not to bring the Dine Elders to London to meet
with Hanson Corp. I refused the offer and said all we will settle
for is protection of land, culture, and endangered people. Even
Eugene Kaye said "you must really be committed to these
elders" in response to me refusing that offer.
In conclusion, they (Peabody and U.S. Govt.)
think if they get me out of the way, and others, then they will
be able to mine here. I trust that ALL OF AMERICA will hear the
Earth crying out to us and not let this sacred
Altar here at Big Mountain be disturbed. It must be protected for
the whole human family.
Already, many people from around the world are
mobilizing to make Lehman Bros. Investments firm be accountable
for Human Rights and Religious Freedom Rights. Please join us in
this mobilization. If you are a strong person, come and plant
corn with the Elders this May, and go to the Hopi Tribe to get
permits first. Lets see if the office will issue permits to help
the people out here. I applied 3 times for permits for the
Witness Camp and they kept telling me IT WAS COMING; it wasn't
until the fifth week of the Camp that I was finally told by
Eugene Kaye that my permit was denied. I pleaded with Eugene Kaye
not to make me a "criminal" for helping the Elders and
the children all these years, I cried with him,... he just looked
at me.
I hope and pray one morning he will wake up
and decide that all the $'s or hotels in Palm Springs are not
worth the suffering that Peabody Coal Co. has caused, including
the destruction of the ozone layer by burning fossil fuel
creating global warming and extreme weather conditions. I hope
and pray he will wake up one morning and say lets change to
alternative energy, and let the Elders and future generations,
Dine and Hopi, live in peace. And that he will no longer
participate in the lies, propaganda and destructive activity of
Peabody Coal Co.
Yes, I still have faith and I am so proud of
the Dine Elders courage to carry on their prayers and ceremonial
life and love of the earth and all of humanity.
Again, all of you are so very important to us,
have faith, pray more, be united in solidarity with us.
I will never give up
I love you all
Arlene Hamilton
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