SUPPORT NEEDED: Dine ' Establish Blockade Near Proposed Power Plant Site : AZ IMC

Please send far and wide!!!!

URGENT Support is requested from Dine Elders and Youth!

Sithe Global & DPA are proposing to build the Desert Rock power plant, a 1,500 MW Coal Fired plant in the Four Corners area on the Navajo Reservation. This is an area already polluted by 2 other major coal power plants. Local Navajo residence and community members oppose this project for many harmful reasons!! This Desert Rock power plant is still in the environmental review process and has NOT yet been permitted.

However, Desert Rock company trucks have began moving onto the backyard of Alice Gilmore, an elderly navajo woman, and her family on wednesday to begin drilling efforts. Desert Rock officials and police have not shown any documents or permits to the local residents stating their purpose or permission to be there. Dine supporters and community members have joined Alice and her family to blockade the road. They are elderly women and youth, and they have been camped out on the road over night since Tuesday! Desert Rock trucks have repeatedly rushed them and have almost run-over people a number of times as they attempt to get by. Desert Rock power company is violating the lease rights of the local Navajo residences and is harassing elderly Navajo women and youth! This is an urgent time and support is needed!!!

Please read on to find out how you can help! and Please pass this onto others! (press release and additional article)

What they need:
- More People Support
- Fire wood
- $$
- Attention!

how You can Help!

- More People! More people are needed to sit in support! All are welcome!
directions to the area are below:
The site is between Gallup, NM and Shiprock, NM (northeastern, NM). Take the road between Gallup and Shiprock, the 491. at the Mustang Service Station (one of the only service stations between the two), turn East on road #5 towards Burnham Chapter. From Burnham Chapter turn North onto gravel road #5082. About 10-12 miles up the road turn West until you see the encampment. There will be markers (balloons) out on the roads. (if you begin to see a dragline, you've gone too far)

- Fire wood! it is cold outside and many of the resisters are elderly women. if you can get firewood to the site it is very very much needed! the directions to the site are above.

- $ Money! Resisters are in need of money for gas and food, and also for bail money if necessary. Please send donations to local resident and supporter:
Elouise Brown
1015 Glade Lane 34
Farmington, NM 87401
Elouise can also be reached at: thebrownmachine@hotmail.com

- ATTENTION! the more media and observers are present the least likely Desert Rock is likely to run people over or harass them. contact the media, tell them what is going on. Contact Navajo Authorities, tell them you are extremely concerned. Be a legal observer. Spread this Alert!

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Contact the Following Authorities! Tell them you have heard about Desert Rock's harassment of Navajo elders and youth. Tell them you are extremely concerned! If enough people contact these offices they will know that the world is watching.

Shiprock Police Department
phone: (505) 368-1350
fax: (505) 368-1293

Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley's Office
P.O. Box 9000 Window Rock, Arizona, 86515
phone #: (928) 871- 6352

also: George Hardeen, Navajo Nation Communications Director Office of the President
Office #: 928-871-7000
Cell #: 928-380-7688
e-mail: georgehardeen@opvp.org

Bureau of Indian Affairs (Gallup Office) they are conducting the Environmental Impact Statement.
Harrilene Yazzi, NEPA Coordinator Bureau of Indian Affairs, Navajo Regional Office
P.0. Box 1060 Gallup, New Mexico 87305
Phone: 505-863-8314
Fax: 505-863-8324

Be a Legal Observer - get to the site and help record/witness what is happening

Send this Action Alert Far and Wide!

Thank you for your support!!!

Enei Begaye
Executive Director
Black Mesa Water Coalition
408 E. Route 66, Suite #1
Flagstaff, AZ 86001
Office #: (928) 213-9760
PRESS RELEASE
Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Contacts:
Sarah Jane White, Doodá Desert Rock Committee (505) 860-6166
Dailan J. Long , Diné CARE, Doodá Desert Rock Committee (505) 801-0713
Elouise Brown, Doodá Desert Rock Committee (505) 974-6159
Lori Goodman, Diné CARE (970) 759-1908

BURNHAM, SANOSTEE & NENANEZAH RESIDENTS BLOCKADE DESERT ROCK PROJECT

Burnham, NM --Burnham, Sanostee & Nenanezah Elders and citizens are braving the cold to protect the land from the encroaching Diné Power Authority (DPA) and Sithe Global LLC at the proposed Desert Rock site. Navajo residents confronted the Diné Power Authority/Sithe Global on Tuesday afternoon after learning of water drilling that had been occurring without the knowledge and notification of local residents.

“I have said ‘No’ over and over again and you keep coming over!” Nenanezah elder Alice Gilmore exclaimed to Sithe/DPA employees at the confrontation. For Gilmore, the issue is despicable and uncalled for since she gave no consent to allow DPA/Sithe into her grazing area. Members of the Doodá Desert Rock committee gathered to support her opposition and asked Sithe/DPA to disclose Drilling permits that allowed drilling activity to occur, to no avail. The residents refused to leave after the Navajo Nation Police attempted to give access to DPA/Sithe Global, claiming that permits for the Desert Rock project are not for public disclosure. The Burnham residents barricaded the roads to disallow traffic into the Desert Rock site and have remained in place since the Tuesday incident occurred.

Members of Diné CARE/Doodá Desert Rock Committee met this morning at the Shiprock Courthouse to get answers about drilling permits yet the Lieutenant Dempsey denied access to Gilmore and other concerned residents to view the permits. Residents are asking for: 1.) A copy of the categorical exclusion that is allowing the drilling activities to commence. 2.) Copies of the Clean Water Act Sections 401, 402 and 404, that would prove compliance with regulatory requirements have been met. There are major disturbance taking place and according to the Clean Air Act, these permits are a pre-requisite for drilling activity.
The proposed area is home to extended families, but arbitrarily drawn political boundaries by the Navajo Nation and company representatives have the families separated into the three chapters: Burnham, Sanostee, and Nenahnezad. The boundary defining Burnham and Nenahnezad has been moved south for benefit of DPA/Sithe as recently as two years ago.

“The local residents are not protesters but are resisters. Who would be happy if a well is being dug in their backyard especially when it is done in secrecy? So, how can those residents be considered protesters when they are simply standing up for their rights to have clean air, water, and environment.” Stated, Elouise Brown of Sanostee.

Burnham, Sanostee and Nenanezah residents are not waiting for remedy; many have set up camp at the proposed site and are refusing to move until they get the needed documents. “We’re fed up with them,” states Sarah J. White, President of the Doodá Desert Rock Committee, “the grandmas and the grandpas are being walked over by these monsters and they’re being denied information. We’re standing our ground now.” This incident follows accusations made against Sithe/DPA about environmental injustices, EPA’s proposed issuance of prevention of significant deterioration (PSD) permit Air Quality Permit for Desert Rock Energy Facility and the creation of Navajo Nation Energy Policies without public input.
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Lori Goodman
Dine' CARE
10 A Town Plaza, PMB 138
Durango, CO 81301
PH: (970) 259-0199
FAX: (970) 259-2300
Cell: (970) 759-1908
kiyaani@frontier.net
dinecare.org

Navajo traditional elders blockade power plant site

By Brenda Norrell
U.N. OBSERVER & International Report

BURNHAM, NEW MEXICO, USA – Elderly Navajo women and their children
formed a blockade, built a fire and camped at the site of a proposed
power plant on tribal land in northwest New Mexico. The blockade of
traditional Navajos halted site work in a region that is already toxic
with air and water pollution from power plants, oil and gas wells and
scattered radioactive tailings from the Cold War.

Facing the threat of arrest by tribal police at the blockade, Navajo
elderly, including one medicine man, said they are willing to go to
jail to protect their land and way of life.

Most of the elderly are already ill from living in an area where power
plants have released 100 tons of coal combustion waste that is blowing
in the wind. One of the Navajo elderly resisters is in a wheelchair and
another has severe asthma.

For the second night on Wednesday night, Dec. 13, Navajo resisters
camped in the cold at the site.

“I have said ‘No’ over and over again and you keep coming over!” said
Nenanezah elder Alice Gilmore, who holds the grazing permit for the
area of the proposed Desert Rock Power Plant. The Navajo Nation and
Sithe Global LLC plan to build the power plant, which would be the
third power plant in the Farmington/Bloomfield area.

Confronting Sithe and Navajo DPA employees, Gilmore was adamant that
she has not given permission for the power plant on her land. Navajo
elders from Burnham, Sanostee and Nenanezah chapter, all taking a bold
action to fight the tribal government and corporate aggression, joined
Gilmore at the blockade.

“We’re fed up with them,” said Sarah J. White, president of the Doodá
Desert Rock Committee. “The grandmas and the grandpas are being walked
over by these monsters and they’re being denied information. We’re
standing our ground now.”

White said Navajos at the barricade need everything in the way of
food, firewood and supplies.

“We need everything from A to Z,” White said.

The blockade was formed just 10 days after Navajo Nation elected
leaders gathered with representatives from 14 countries and formulated
a global ban on uranium mining on Native lands. The power plant
blockade also comes as Navajo Nation leaders are fighting in the
federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to protect San Francisco Peaks
near Flagstaff, Ariz., from the desecration of snowmaking from recycled
wastewater for tourism. The mountain is sacred to 13 area Indian
tribes.

However, both Navajo President Joe Shirley, Jr., and the Navajo Nation
Council support the construction of the Desert Rock Power Plant and
accompanying coalmine, which Navajos say would add more pollution to
the air, land and water, already saturated with disease-causing toxins.

The Navajo Nation tribal government has attempted to censor the voices
of Navajos speaking out against the Desert Rock power plant in New
Mexico and the use of aquifer water for coal mining by Peabody Coal on
the western side of the Navajo Nation in Arizona.

The proposed site of the new Desert Rock power plant is in the Four
Corners Region, targeted since the 1970s as a national sacrifice area
for energy production.

It is also the sacred region of Dinetah, the place of origin of
Navajos. However, the air is so polluted in the region of Dinetah near
Bloomfield that persons with asthma and respiratory diseases find it
difficult to breathe.

Further, Navajos say while they struggle with respiratory diseases,
cancer and the death of their loved ones in this region, many Navajos
must also haul water and live without electricity, since the power
plants on Navajo land primarily provide electricity for non-Indians.

The Navajo blockade comes as O’odham in Sonora, Mexico, challenge a
secret plan by the government of Mexico, with the knowledge of the US
EPA, to create a hazardous waste dump near the sacred site of Quitovac
where O’odham hold ceremonies. The Navajo blockade coincides with an
action by Pima on Gila River tribal land in Arizona to halt expansion
of a hazardous dumpsite.

At the same time, Yaqui in Sonora, Mexico, gathered to prohibit the
use of banned pesticides in agricultural fields, now resulting in
cancer and deaths.

At the proposed new Desert Rock power plant site in New Mexico, Navajo
residents confronted the Diné Power Authority/Sithe Global on Dec. 12,
after discovering that water drilling was carried out without the
knowledge and notification of local Navajo residents.

Members of the Doodá Desert Rock committee gathered to support
Gilmore’s opposition and asked Sithe/DPA to disclose drilling permits
that allowed drilling activity to occur. However, no permits were
provided.

The residents refused to leave after the Navajo Nation Police
attempted to give access to DPA/Sithe Global, claiming that permits for
the Desert Rock project are not for public disclosure. The Burnham
residents barricaded the roads to disallow traffic into the Desert Rock
site and Navajos remained at the blockade.

Members of Diné CARE/Doodá Desert Rock Committee met Dec. 13, at the
Shiprock tribal courthouse to get answers about drilling permits.
Navajo residents said a tribal police lieutenant denied Gilmore and
other residents access to view the permits.

Navajo residents are asking for a copy of the categorical exclusion,
which would allow the drilling activities to commence, and copies of
the Clean Water Act Sections 401, 402 and 404, that would prove
compliance with regulatory requirements have been met.

“There are major disturbance taking place and according to the Clean
Air Act, these permits are a pre-requisite for drilling activity,”
Navajo residents said in a public statement.

Further, Navajos say tribal boundary lines were redrawn to accommodate
the power plant corporation.

The proposed area is home to extended families, but arbitrarily drawn
political boundaries by the Navajo Nation and company representatives
have the families separated into the three chapters: Burnham, Sanostee,
and Nenahnezad.

Navajo residents said the boundary defining Burnham and Nenahnezad was
moved to the south for the benefit of DPA/Sithe within the past two
years.

Elouise Brown of Sanostee said, “The local residents are not
protesters but are resisters. Who would be happy if a well is being dug
in their backyard especially when it is done in secrecy? So, how can
those residents be considered protesters when they are simply standing
up for their rights to have clean air, water, and environment.”

Burnham, Sanostee and Nenanezah residents are not waiting for remedy;
many have set up camp at the proposed site and are refusing to move
until they get the needed documents.

Navajos said this incident follows accusations made against Sithe/DPA
about environmental injustices, EPA’s proposed issuance of prevention
of significant deterioration (PSD) permit Air Quality Permit for Desert
Rock Energy Facility and the creation of Navajo Nation Energy Policies
without public input.

For more information on the Navajo blockade:
Lori Goodman
Dine' CARE
PH: (970) 259-0199
FAX: (970) 259-2300
kiyaani@frontier.net
dinecare.org

Ya'a'teh,

I just returned to Flagstaff from Burnham, New Mexico where community members have established a blockade to prevent preliminary work for the proposed Desert Rock coal-fired power plant. On Tuesday, December 12th Elouise Brown & elder Alice Gilmore along with their relatives and concerned community members took action and stopped representatives of Sithe Global from entering onto their land. It was found that the New York based company Sithe Global, along with Dine' Power Authority which is an enterprise of the Navajo Nation, had been drilling for water near Alice Gilmore's home.

A tent has been raised, a fire is being kept and donations are slowly pouring in.

The elders and folks out there have experienced harassment and threats from law enforcement and other officials. In an incident last night a sheep dog had reportedly been run over, skinned and left for dead near the encampment.
They have also stated that their elected representatives are ignoring them. Aside from Navajo Nation Vice President Frank Dayish visiting a few days ago and promising to deliver a yet-to-be-seen port-a-potty, no other officials have met with these folks to hear their concerns.

When my friend Cy and I arrived we were warmly welcomed. We had passed a few law enforcement vehicles on the way, but the camp was completely peaceful. Although we heard of the harassment of the resisters, we also heard of their resolve to stand until their homes, their sacred sites and their ways of life are protected.

Please take a moment and support the families who are courageously taking a stand!

Ahee' hee',
~k

MORE SUPPORT IS NEEDED!

This is a call to participate in the blockade from the community:
"This direct action is Dine’ – Native based. You have been invited by the Dine’ grassroots families that live on the land where the proposed Desert Rock coal-fired power plant may be built."
For more information on participating in the blockade, where to go and what to bring check out: http://www.desert-rock-blog.com

A few specific items that were requested are:
- Unleaded gas in appropriate containers for a generator
- A Port-a-potty (Navajo Vice President Frank Dayish had promised one days ago and has yet to provide)
- Various kitchen Supplies including: Hefty trash bags, large pots, ladles for stew, paring knives, paper towels, baking powder, hand soap, toilet paper, a washpan and big bowls.
- Monetary donations to cover costs of radio announcements

Video cameras and digital cameras would also be very helpful.

Please contact DineCARE and Dooda Desert Rock Committee if you would like to help.

Contact:
Sarah Jane White, Doodá Desert Rock Committee (505) 860-6166
Dailan J. Long , Diné CARE, Doodá Desert Rock Committee (505) 801-0713
Elouise Brown, Doodá Desert Rock Committee (505) 974-6159
Lori Goodman, Diné CARE (970) 759-1908

For more up to date information visit: http://www.desert-rock-blog.com

ADDITIONAL WAYS TO HELP:

Contact the Following Authorities! Tell them you have heard about
Desert Rock's harassment of Navajo elders and youth. Tell them you
are extremely concerned! If enough people contact these offices they
will know that the world is watching.

Shiprock Police Department
phone: (505) 368-1350
fax: (505) 368-1293

Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley's Office
P.O. Box 9000 Window Rock, Arizona, 86515
phone #: (928) 871- 6352

also: George Hardeen, Navajo Nation Communications Director Office of
the President
Office #: 928-871-7000
Cell #: 928-380-7688
e-mail: georgehardeen@opvp.org

Bureau of Indian Affairs (Gallup Office) they are conducting the
Environmental Impact Statement.
Harrilene Yazzi, NEPA Coordinator Bureau of Indian Affairs, Navajo
Regional Office
P.0. Box 1060 Gallup, New Mexico 87305
Phone: 505-863-8314
Fax: 505-863-8324

For those who cannot make it out to Burnham, NM there maybe places to hold solidarity demonstrations/vigils at near you:

SITHE GLOBAL POWER LLC

CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS

NEW YORK

Sithe Global Power, LLC
245 Park Avenue
38th Floor
New York, NY 10167
Phone: 212.351.0000
Fax: 212.351.0880
Contact: mitchell@sitheglobal.com

REGIONAL & AFFILIATE OFFICES

TEXAS

Sithe Global Power, LLC
Three Riverway
Suite 1100
Houston, Texas 77056
Phone: 713.499.1155
Fax: 713.499.1167
Contact: white@sitheglobal.com

TORONTO

Sithe Global Power, LLC
Commerce Court West, Suite 5300
199 Bay Street
Toronto, Ontario M5L 1B9
Phone: 416.869.5647
Fax: 416.947.0866
Contact: baxter@sitheglobal.com

http://www.indigenousaction.org - Independent Indigenous Media

INVESTORS:

Sithe Global is affiliated with Blackstone Capital Partners;
An affiliate of The Blackstone Group – Owns 80% of the company

http://www.blackstone.com

New York
The Blackstone Group?345 Park Avenue?New York, NY 10154?USA?Phone: +1 212 583 5000?Fax: +1 212 583 5712

Atlanta
4401 Northside Parkway?3rd floor, Suite 375?Atlanta, GA 30327?USA?Phone +1 404 460 2321?Fax +1 404 460 2337

Boston
The Blackstone Group?2 International Place, 22nd Floor?Boston, MA 02110?USA?Phone: +1 617 646 2900?Fax: +1 617 646 2905

Chicago
The Blackstone Group?200 West Madison Street?Suite 2601?Chicago, IL 60606?Phone: +1 312 443 0045?Fax: +1 312 443 9808

Los Angeles
The Blackstone Group?1925 Century Park East?Suite 1700?Los Angeles, CA 90067?USA?Phone: +1 310 228-6949?Fax: +1 310 228-6998

London
The Blackstone Group International Limited?40 Berkeley Square?London, W1J 5AL?U.K.?Phone: +44 20 7451 4000?Fax: +44 20 7451 4001

Paris
The Blackstone Group International Limited?11-13 Avenue de Friedland?75008 Paris?France?Phone: +33 (0)1 56 69 16 30?Fax: +33 (0)1 56 69 16 31

Hamburg
The Blackstone Group Deutschland GmbH?Grosse Elbstrasse 43?22767 Hamburg?Germany?Phone: +49 (0)40 70 29 80?Fax: +49 (0)40 70 29 81 34

Mumbai
Blackstone Fund Services India Private Limited?Taj President - Mumbai Suite 1201 90 Cuffe Parade?Mumbai - 400 005 India?Phone: +91 22 6637-1011?Fax: +91 22 6665-0373

Hong Kong
The Blackstone Group Asia Limited?One International Finance Centre?Suites 2012-2014, 20/F?No. 1 Harbour View Street?Central, Hong Kong?Phone: +852 3656 8600?Fax: +852 3656 8601
_________________________________

Reservoir Capital Group – Owns 20% of the company

http://www.reservoircap.com

New York
650 Madison Avenue, 26th Floor?New York, NY 10022
General Inquiries?Tel: 212.610.9000?info@reservoircap.com

Dallas
200 Crescent Court, Suite 1060?Dallas, TX 75201
Tel: 214.871.8600

"It comes as no surprise that Blackstone was cofounded by Stephen Schwarzman, a member of the small group of Skull and Bones that the Bush family belongs to."

Navajo Nation Council’s planned special session on Dec. 21 – 22 - THIS WILL TAKE PLACE IN WINDOW ROCK!

Dirty Coal and Power at the Navajo Blockade

by Brenda Norrell
Human Rights Editor
U.N. OBSERVER & International Report

BURNHAN CHAPTER, N.M. -- As Navajo elderly camp in the cold at a blockade of a planned power plant, the Navajo Nation Council plans to meet in special session to allocate millions for the Desert Rock Power Plant.

At the Navajo blockade Thursday night, the sheepdog of the Navajo elderly protester who lives on the land was skinned alive, run over by a car and thrown next to the blockade.

It comes as no surprise that the power plant parent company Sithe Global LLC is linked to the elite Skull and Bones, the world power elite that the Bush family belongs to.

Lori Goodman, spokesperson for Dine Citizens against Ruining our Environment described the torture of the Navajo’s sheepdog.

“Sometime after 10 PM last night her sheep dog was skinned alive, run over twice, left for dead and tossed next to the blockade encampment. The dog is still alive and the distressing job of putting the dog out of its misery now lay with the resisters. We have taken pictures and are reporting this terrorist act with the proper authorities. This is plain brutal and intent to intimidate the camp. The elders put a lot of value into training their sheep dogs and an act such as this is elder abuse.”

While the Navajo resisters are camped in the cold, the Navajo Nation Council plans a costly special session to allocate millions for the coal-fired Desert Rock Power Plant project.

Meanwhile, Navajo traditions tell of a time of monsters, when greed would bring about the destruction of Mother Earth. Navajos say coalmines and power plants are part of that greed. Further, they say gambling, in the form of casinos, will steal the future from their children.

The Navajo Council and Navajo President Joe Shirley, Jr., support the Desert Rock Power Plant. However, it would be the third in the Farmington area, and Navajo residents say the air, land and water are already too polluted with coal mining, hundreds of oil and gas wells and scattered unreclaimed radioactive tailings from Cold War uranium mining.

At the Navajo Nation Council’s planned special session on Dec. 21 – 22, the Navajo Council will consider allocations of $2 million for Diné Power Authority and another $5.5 million to the Navajo Nation Equity Investment Task Force for equity investment in the Desert Rock Energy Project and Navajo Transmission Project.

The salaries and travel funds of the 88-member Navajo Nation Council primarily come from tribal energy leases, royalties and fees.

While the Navajo Nation creates a Sithe spin-off company and plans to invest millions in Desert Rock, the largest financier of Sithe Global LLC is the Blackstone Group.

It comes as no surprise that Blackstone was cofounded by Stephen Schwarzman, a member of the small group of Skull and Bones that the Bush family belongs to. The Yale secret society includes former presidential hopeful John Kerry.

The following link shows the Bush family and other members of Skull and Bones and links to other global corporations, including former President GH Bush’s position with the Carlyle Group.

Schwarzman and other elite financiers are linked to Lehman Brothers, which previously financed Peabody Coal and coal mining at Black Mesa. Earlier, a delegation of Navajo, Hopi and Lakota appealed to Lehman Brothers stockholders in New York.

The link shows the longtime CEO of Halliburton, Thomas Cruikshank, was also with Lehman Brothers. Now, Halliburton’s Kellogg, Brown and Root, accused of misspending funds in Iraq, has been awarded $385 million from Homeland Security to build migrant prisons in the US.

Other links reveal corporate financiers of parent companies exploiting Indigenous Peoples and their lands around the globe:
http://www.nndb.com/org/723/000041600/

Voices from the Blockade Blog
http://www.desert-rock-blog.com/blog/_archives/2006/12/15/2575938.html
Elder Voices from Blockade: Lucy A. Willie, Henry and Betty Dixon

While the DPA/Sithe Representatives sit barricaded apart from the proposed Desert Rock site, Navajo elders are standing ground and refusing to move. Since Tuesday afternoon, the elders have battled extremely cold weather, sickness, and are being forcefully handled by Desert Rock proponents. Byfar, the worst act of intimidation against the elders occured on Thursday (Dec. 14) night after an elder woman's dog was brutally "skinned," run over by a vehicle, and left for dead at the blockade site. Below are comments from elders blockading the entrance of the proposed Desert Rock Site.

Lucy A Willie, Burnham, NM:
"I was here from the start saying no to the project. There is religious significance to the area. We are protecting our land because it is sacred to us. Our songs, prayers, and chants are woven into this area. We respect Mother Earth and President Shirley has no heart for the community. All of us older folks are forgotten out here. Please help us..."

Betty Dixon, Burnham, NM:
"President Shirley should be leading us instead of causing chaos. Why are we voting for leaders that won't protect us? He's disrupting our community and causing a bunch of trouble? We have burial sites in the area and he wants to destroy all of it!"

Henry Dixon, Burnham, NM:
"We voted for Shirley to represent us and speak out for us and help us. He is not keeping his word. We shouldn't be out here doing this. We're tired and cold sitting out here. Instead of sitting out here, I should be feeding my cattle and livestock. We're being polluted to death! We shouldn't be out here; we should be doing other things."

Sarah White, Burnham, NM:
"Who do these people think they are?! We said "No" and they refuse to listen, they won't even show us proper documentation. It's an absolute shame that our grandmas and grandpas are sitting out here--They didn't ask for this! Because of the DPA/Sithe, our elders are getting sick and are freezing out here. And, poor thing, one of the lady's dog was skinned and left for dead--Who does that?! We need all the support that we can get to be out here. (Please Help us)."

Brenda Norrell
Human Rights Editor
U.N. OBSERVER & International Report

Please also see:

Navajo Traditional Elders Blockade Power Plant Site, by Brenda Norrell

http://www.unobserver.com/index.php?pagina=layout5.php&id=2951&blz=1

Here's map with directions...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T88qZ5TbGrg

The sad fact is these people did not fight hard enough for their land. So there is no real point in supporting them, as they are likely not to fight hard enough. It would just be a waste of energy.