Events Supporting Black Mesa's Struggle For Survival
by BMIS
Monday, Apr. 07, 2008 at 6:22 PM
blackmesais@riseup.net 928-773-8086 PO Box 23501; Flagstaff, AZ 86001
Greetings Friends, Families, & Supporters of Big Mountain Resistance Communities of Black Mesa!!
We wanted to share with you a few event announcements and updates that are in support of the struggle for survival at Big Mountain and surrounding communities of Black Mesa, AZ:
**ALL ARE WELCOME TO A BENEFIT EVENT TO HELP TRADITIONAL RESIDENTS WHO ARE STRUGGLING TO MAINTAIN A CULTURAL LIVELIHOOD ON BLACK MESA. There will be music, arts & crafts, and discussions
centered on the Importance Of Indigenous Connections!! This event will
support "a cultural-immersion project by volunteers will help plant fields in order to revive endangered cultural practices and teach indigenous cultivation methods".
APRIL 19, 2008, FLAGSTAFF, AZ.
DETAILS: http://www.blackmesais.org/benefit2008.htm
**PERSONAL MEMOIR AND A PLEA FOR BIG MOUNTAIN SUPPORT FROM MARK AND BEAR DYKEN, LONG TIME SUPPORTERS OF BIG MOUNTAIN. Dear Friends, Most of you know that last year Bear, Somer and I ran the Big Sur International Marathon last year and used the opportunity to ask for pledges which we used for our continuing work with the Dineh people of Arizona.....Spring is the time to plant corn and other native crops so important to the cultures of this region.....Please support our spring trip to the reservation by pledging some money on my 26.2 mile vigil.
READ MORE....http://www.blackmesais.org/memoir.htm
**SHEEP-SHEARING TIME - ANNUAL RENDEZVOUS
You are invited once again to the annual sheep shearing event at Mr. Jack
Woody's camp, Mother's day weekend...come and join us shear, socialize and have plenty to eat.
Who: Jack Woody of Red Willow Springs
What: Annual sheep shearing gathering
When: May 10, 2008
Where: Red Willow Springs or Jack Woody camp on Black Mesa
What are we shearing: 18 goats (mohair) and 35-40 sheep (wool)....
READ MORE: http://www.blackmesais.org/sheep-sheering.htm
**ANNUAL SPRING PLANTING PROJECTS NEED EXTRA SUPPORT THIS YEAR. ALSO CONSIDER JOINING THE FALL CARAVAN TO BLACK MESA IN FALL OF '08. CONTACT BMIS FOR DETAILS.
http://www.blackmesais.org/support2008.htm
**A Report From The Longest Walk II, Northern Route:
Navajo from Big Mountain: US media and politicians orchestrate wars.
By Brenda Norrell, March 28th, 2008.
PUEBLO, Colo. – Bahe Katenay, Navajo from Big Mountain on the Navajo
Nation, said the US media created the stories of the so-called Navajo Hopi Land Dispute, which was orchestrated by Peabody Coal and US politicians, the same way the US orchestrates the war in Iraq for its resources.
More.... http://www.blackmesais.org/wars.htm
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