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Return to Support Front Line Resistance Communities on Big Mountain & Black
Mesa, AZ. November 17-24th, 2012
Greetings from the Black Mesa Indigenous Support Collective,
With people across the country organizing protests, direct actions, and
encampments and mounting anti-coal campaigns as a part of the 2012
Climate Summer of Solidarity* we wish to extend an invitation to return
to Black Mesa. During this moment of peak visibility around climate
chaos and extraction, we hope to honor and celebrate the nearly-40 year
Indigenous-led resistance against cultural genocide, forced relocation,
and massive coal mining on Black Mesa.
The genocide on Black Mesa has been recognized internationally. In the
late 1980′s the United Nations described the case of the forced
relocation as one of the most flagrant violations of indigenous
peoples’ human rights in this hemisphere. As mentioned in the recent
(2012) Navajo Nation Human Rights Commission report**, PL 93-531
violates human rights, not only because it relocated families to new
homesites on a contaminated uranium site, but also because the families
remaining on their ancestral homelands, blockading the coal mining and
continuing their traditional way of life, are living with daily
harassment and intimidation, including livestock impoundments, and
surveillance. Also according to the report, "Navajo people are
empowered by [the resistance communities’] steadfasteness, their
sacrifice and their courage." As part of the larger support network,
we’ve been inspired by these same qualities in the resistance
communities.
The aim of this caravan is to honor the requests and words of the
elders and their families-- to prioritize building with returning
supporters, while encouraging new people to come out throughout the
year. With their guidance, we will carry their wishes and demands far
beyond the annual caravan to link this struggle to our own decolonial
practices and involvement in local social, environmental, and climate
justice movements.
Supporters on Black Mesa
Tools for Caravan Projects
Starry Night on Black Mesa
IMPORTANT: How is this year’s caravan different?
* This year’s caravan is only open to returning on-land supporters.
This means folks who have attended a caravan in the past, or who
have done an on-land stay with a family or elder on Black Mesa.
Based on the advice of Black Mesa/Big Mountain community members
and advisors, we’ve decided to use the space of the caravan to
build and organize with committed, returning supporters. Also by
inviting folks who’ve already been to the land, BMIS is able to
focus on building the network rather than orienting new supporters
to the land. Three BMIS collective members are now living in
Flagstaff, and have lots of capacity to orient new supporters
throughout the rest of the year.
* This year, there will be a two-day gathering of caravan
participants and Black Mesa/Big Mountain community members at the
end of the week, instead of one gathering at the beginning and one
at the end.
* This two-day gathering will be a time when participants get to hear
from the Black Mesa/Big Mountain resistance communities, connect
with each other, build political analysis, and share the work that
we’ve been doing in our home communities throughout the year.
* Since there is no opening gathering, you'll be in touch with the
family you will stay with before the caravan begins. Please talk to
them about specific requests that they have for their homesite.
Protocol:
* 1.Email BMIS at [4]black...@gmail.com Make the Subject Line:
“Caravan Protocol 2012”.
* 2. If you are in touch with a family already and want to stay with
them during the caravan, email BMIS and let us know who you are
going to and how many people are in your crew.
* 3. If you need to be put in touch with a family, say so in the
email.
* 4. Once you are in touch with the family, ask them what their
specific requests are.
* 5. If you want to be on roving wood crew instead of staying with a
family, say so in the email. If you choose to be on wood crew, try
to come prepared with chainsaws, axes, mauls, and trucks if
possible. Wood crew will only be 10-15 people.
* 6. Bring $10-$20 to contribute to meals at the end of the week
gathering. We will pay someone from the land to butcher and
prepare food.
* 7. EVERYONE (even though you are returning) needs to provide their
emergency contact information, allergy/illness information and any
other pertinent information to their regional coordinator if you
have one. The regional coordinator will compile this information
for their crew and pass email it to BMIS. If you do not have a
regional coordinator, contact BMIS with this information via email.
* 8. ALL OF THIS INFORMATION NEEDS TO BE SUBMITTED TO BMIS BY
OCTOBER 31st, 2012! Please help us make this a smoothly-organized
event by cooperating with the protocols and deadline.
Links:
4. mailto:black...@gmail.com
*Again, this year’s fall caravan is only open to returning supporters.
Prior to visiting Black Mesa, please review the Cultural Sensitivity &
Preparedness Guidebook:[5]
http://blackmesais.us4.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=bb9ecfdb5d711f67f04ee3551&id=a5896dd67f&e=277ccf34a3
Links:
5.
http://blackmesais.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bb9ecfdb5d711f67f04ee3551&id=cae5e92c06&e=277ccf34a3
If you aren’t a returning supporter and therefore aren’t coming on the
caravan but still want to be involved:
* Stay with a family any time of the year or come with a small crew
you organize with guidance from BMIS: Families living in resistance
to coal mining and relocation laws are requesting self-sufficient
guests who are willing to give three or more weeks of their time,
especially in the winter. Contact BMIS in advance so that we can
make arrangements prior to your stay, to answer any questions that
you may have, and so we can help put you in touch with a family.
It is of the utmost importance that each guest understands and
respects the ways of the communities that we will be visiting.
Prior to visiting Black Mesa, all guests must read and sign the
Cultural Sensitivity & Preparedness Guide:[6]
http://blackmesais.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bb9ecfdb5d711f67f04ee3551&id=64c555539d&e=277ccf34a3
Links:
6.
http://blackmesais.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bb9ecfdb5d711f67f04ee3551&id=d4473463fe&e=277ccf34a3
Everyone can:
* Host or attend regional organizational meetings in your area: We
strongly urge participants to attend or organize regional meetings.
There you’ll engage in political education work and help regional
coordinators plan logistics, fundraisers, and collect donated food
and supplies ahead of time.
* Raise Supplies: Trucks, chainsaws, & supplies are integral to the
success of the caravan. The more trucks we have, the more wood,
water, and other heavy loads we can transport. Axes, mauls, axe
handles, shovels, tools of all kinds, organic food, warm blankets,
and did we mention trucks? -- either to donate to families or to
use for the week of the caravan--are greatly needed on the land to
make this caravan work! BMIS has a 501-C3 tax-deductible number so
if you need that contact us.
* Challenge Colonialism: One of BMIS’s main organizing goals is to
highlight anti-colonial education within all the regional meetings
leading up to the caravan. In addition to the Cultural Sensitivity
Guide, we encourage you to bring articles, films, and other
resources to your regional meetings and host discussions that
further our collective understanding for transforming colonialism,
white supremacy, genocide, and all intersections of oppression.[7]
For more, please check out the BMIS collective’s[8] Points Of
Unity. Feel free to share with us any resources that you like so
that we can build upon this list and strengthen our growing support
network.
* Fundraise: As a grassroots, all-volunteer network, we do not
receive nor rely on any institutional funding for these support
efforts; we count on grassroots ingenuity, creativity, and hard
work to make it all come together. We are hoping to raise enough
money through our community connections for gas, specifically for
collecting wood and food for host families, and for work projects.
Host events, hit up non-profits, generous food vendors, and folks
in your own networks. An article that we want to highlight for
garnering funds is: [9]"8 Ways to Raise $2,500 (or more) in 10 Days
(or less, sometimes)".
Links:
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May we stand strong with the elders & families of Black Mesa in their
declaration that “Coal is the liver of the Female Sacred Mountain” and
join them in action to ensure that coal remains in the ground!
With love,
The Black Mesa Indigenous Support Collective: Hallie, Liza, Berkley,
Derek, & Tree
Black Mesa Indigenous Support (BMIS) is a grassroots, all-volunteer
collective committed to supporting the indigenous peoples of Black Mesa
in their resistance to massive coal mining operations and to the forced
relocation policies of the US government. We see ourselves as a part of
a people powered uprising for a healthy planet liberated from fossil
fuel extraction, exploitative economies, racism, and oppression for our
generation and generations to come. BMIS stands with the elders of
Black Mesa in their declaration that “Coal is the Mother Earth’s liver”
and joins them in action to ensure that coal remains in the ground.
*Check out some of the Climate Summer of Solidarity Actions here:
http://blackmesais.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bb9ecfdb5d711f67f04ee3551&id=6244eb0cf4&e=277ccf34a3
**Read the NNHRC Report on Relocation here:
[13]http://www.nnhrc.navajo-nsn.gov/pressReleases/TheImpactofthe_Navajo
-Hopi_SettlementActof1974--P.L.93-531.pdf
***Black Mesa Water Coalition
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Return to Support Front Line Resistance Communities on Big Mountain & Black
Mesa, AZ. November 17-24th, 2012
Greetings from the Black Mesa Indigenous Support Collective,
With people across the country organizing protests, direct actions, and
encampments and mounting anti-coal campaigns as a part of the 2012
Climate Summer of Solidarity* we wish to extend an invitation to return
to Black Mesa. During this moment of peak visibility around climate
chaos and extraction, we hope to honor and celebrate the nearly-40 year
Indigenous-led resistance against cultural genocide, forced relocation,
and massive coal mining on Black Mesa.
The genocide on Black Mesa has been recognized internationally. In the
late 1980′s the United Nations described the case of the forced
relocation as one of the most flagrant violations of indigenous
peoples’ human rights in this hemisphere. As mentioned in the recent
(2012) Navajo Nation Human Rights Commission report**, PL 93-531
violates human rights, not only because it relocated families to new
homesites on a contaminated uranium site, but also because the families
remaining on their ancestral homelands, blockading the coal mining and
continuing their traditional way of life, are living with daily
harassment and intimidation, including livestock impoundments, and
surveillance. Also according to the report, "Navajo people are
empowered by [the resistance communities’] steadfasteness, their
sacrifice and their courage." As part of the larger support network,
we’ve been inspired by these same qualities in the resistance
communities.
The aim of this caravan is to honor the requests and words of the
elders and their families-- to prioritize building with returning
supporters, while encouraging new people to come out throughout the
year. With their guidance, we will carry their wishes and demands far
beyond the annual caravan to link this struggle to our own decolonial
practices and involvement in local social, environmental, and climate
justice movements.
Supporters on Black Mesa
Tools for Caravan Projects
Starry Night on Black Mesa
IMPORTANT: How is this year’s caravan different?
* This year’s caravan is only open to returning on-land supporters.
This means folks who have attended a caravan in the past, or who
have done an on-land stay with a family or elder on Black Mesa.
Based on the advice of Black Mesa/Big Mountain community members
and advisors, we’ve decided to use the space of the caravan to
build and organize with committed, returning supporters. Also by
inviting folks who’ve already been to the land, BMIS is able to
focus on building the network rather than orienting new supporters
to the land. Three BMIS collective members are now living in
Flagstaff, and have lots of capacity to orient new supporters
throughout the rest of the year.
* This year, there will be a two-day gathering of caravan
participants and Black Mesa/Big Mountain community members at the
end of the week, instead of one gathering at the beginning and one
at the end.
* This two-day gathering will be a time when participants get to hear
from the Black Mesa/Big Mountain resistance communities, connect
with each other, build political analysis, and share the work that
we’ve been doing in our home communities throughout the year.
* Since there is no opening gathering, you'll be in touch with the
family you will stay with before the caravan begins. Please talk to
them about specific requests that they have for their homesite.
Protocol:
* 1.Email BMIS at [4]black...@gmail.com Make the Subject Line:
“Caravan Protocol 2012”.
* 2. If you are in touch with a family already and want to stay with
them during the caravan, email BMIS and let us know who you are
going to and how many people are in your crew.
* 3. If you need to be put in touch with a family, say so in the
email.
* 4. Once you are in touch with the family, ask them what their
specific requests are.
* 5. If you want to be on roving wood crew instead of staying with a
family, say so in the email. If you choose to be on wood crew, try
to come prepared with chainsaws, axes, mauls, and trucks if
possible. Wood crew will only be 10-15 people.
* 6. Bring $10-$20 to contribute to meals at the end of the week
gathering. We will pay someone from the land to butcher and
prepare food.
* 7. EVERYONE (even though you are returning) needs to provide their
emergency contact information, allergy/illness information and any
other pertinent information to their regional coordinator if you
have one. The regional coordinator will compile this information
for their crew and pass email it to BMIS. If you do not have a
regional coordinator, contact BMIS with this information via email.
* 8. ALL OF THIS INFORMATION NEEDS TO BE SUBMITTED TO BMIS BY
OCTOBER 31st, 2012! Please help us make this a smoothly-organized
event by cooperating with the protocols and deadline.
Links:
4. mailto:black...@gmail.com
*Again, this year’s fall caravan is only open to returning supporters.
Prior to visiting Black Mesa, please review the Cultural Sensitivity &
Preparedness Guidebook:[5]
http://blackmesais.us4.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=bb9ecfdb5d711f67f04ee3551&id=a5896dd67f&e=277ccf34a3
Links:
5.
http://blackmesais.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bb9ecfdb5d711f67f04ee3551&id=cae5e92c06&e=277ccf34a3
If you aren’t a returning supporter and therefore aren’t coming on the
caravan but still want to be involved:
* Stay with a family any time of the year or come with a small crew
you organize with guidance from BMIS: Families living in resistance
to coal mining and relocation laws are requesting self-sufficient
guests who are willing to give three or more weeks of their time,
especially in the winter. Contact BMIS in advance so that we can
make arrangements prior to your stay, to answer any questions that
you may have, and so we can help put you in touch with a family.
It is of the utmost importance that each guest understands and
respects the ways of the communities that we will be visiting.
Prior to visiting Black Mesa, all guests must read and sign the
Cultural Sensitivity & Preparedness Guide:[6]
http://blackmesais.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bb9ecfdb5d711f67f04ee3551&id=64c555539d&e=277ccf34a3
Links:
6.
http://blackmesais.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bb9ecfdb5d711f67f04ee3551&id=d4473463fe&e=277ccf34a3
Everyone can:
* Host or attend regional organizational meetings in your area: We
strongly urge participants to attend or organize regional meetings.
There you’ll engage in political education work and help regional
coordinators plan logistics, fundraisers, and collect donated food
and supplies ahead of time.
* Raise Supplies: Trucks, chainsaws, & supplies are integral to the
success of the caravan. The more trucks we have, the more wood,
water, and other heavy loads we can transport. Axes, mauls, axe
handles, shovels, tools of all kinds, organic food, warm blankets,
and did we mention trucks? -- either to donate to families or to
use for the week of the caravan--are greatly needed on the land to
make this caravan work! BMIS has a 501-C3 tax-deductible number so
if you need that contact us.
* Challenge Colonialism: One of BMIS’s main organizing goals is to
highlight anti-colonial education within all the regional meetings
leading up to the caravan. In addition to the Cultural Sensitivity
Guide, we encourage you to bring articles, films, and other
resources to your regional meetings and host discussions that
further our collective understanding for transforming colonialism,
white supremacy, genocide, and all intersections of oppression.[7]
For more, please check out the BMIS collective’s[8] Points Of
Unity. Feel free to share with us any resources that you like so
that we can build upon this list and strengthen our growing support
network.
* Fundraise: As a grassroots, all-volunteer network, we do not
receive nor rely on any institutional funding for these support
efforts; we count on grassroots ingenuity, creativity, and hard
work to make it all come together. We are hoping to raise enough
money through our community connections for gas, specifically for
collecting wood and food for host families, and for work projects.
Host events, hit up non-profits, generous food vendors, and folks
in your own networks. An article that we want to highlight for
garnering funds is: [9]"8 Ways to Raise $2,500 (or more) in 10 Days
(or less, sometimes)".
Links:
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May we stand strong with the elders & families of Black Mesa in their
declaration that “Coal is the liver of the Female Sacred Mountain” and
join them in action to ensure that coal remains in the ground!
With love,
The Black Mesa Indigenous Support Collective: Hallie, Liza, Berkley,
Derek, & Tree
Black Mesa Indigenous Support (BMIS) is a grassroots, all-volunteer
collective committed to supporting the indigenous peoples of Black Mesa
in their resistance to massive coal mining operations and to the forced
relocation policies of the US government. We see ourselves as a part of
a people powered uprising for a healthy planet liberated from fossil
fuel extraction, exploitative economies, racism, and oppression for our
generation and generations to come. BMIS stands with the elders of
Black Mesa in their declaration that “Coal is the Mother Earth’s liver”
and joins them in action to ensure that coal remains in the ground.
*Check out some of the Climate Summer of Solidarity Actions here:
http://blackmesais.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bb9ecfdb5d711f67f04ee3551&id=6244eb0cf4&e=277ccf34a3
**Read the NNHRC Report on Relocation here:
[13]http://www.nnhrc.navajo-nsn.gov/pressReleases/TheImpactofthe_Navajo
-Hopi_SettlementActof1974--P.L.93-531.pdf
***Black Mesa Water Coalition
Copyright © 2012 Black Mesa Indigenous Support, All rights reserved.
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Flagstaff, AZ 86002
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