Radical Film Screening and Dinner Fundraiser!!

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/DURANGO BLACK MESA INDIGENOUS SUPPORT/ /and/ /FORT LEWIS SOCIOLOGY
CLUB//present,/

?/BROKEN RAINBOW?/

/AND OTHER FILMS OF INDIGENOUS STRUGGLE/

/WHEN:/

/Saturday, 11/12//th//6-9pm/

/WHERE:/

/Turtle Lake Refuge/ /(848 E. 3rd Ave. Durango, CO 81301/

*We're asking for a SLIDING SCALE DONATION OF $3 TO $15for this event!
Also, if you're able, please bring a baked good for our bake sale during
the week.

We are Black Mesa Indigenous Support (BMIS), a volunteer-based
organization whose mission is to support the indigenous peoples of Black
Mesa, AZ who are in their fourth decade of protecting their communities,
ancestral homelands, and future generations from massive coal mining
operations & forced relocation policies. In the 30+ years of disastrous
operations, Dineh and Hopi communities in Arizona have been ravaged by
Peabody Energy?s coal mines. As a result of the massive mining operation,
over 14,000 people have been forcibly relocated from their ancestral
homelands. This constitutes the largest relocation of Indigenous people in
this country since the Trail of Tears in 1883, and it is ongoing today.
For more info visit http://www.blackmesais.org/

Come show your support of the Native people of Black Mesa by enjoying a
roasted goat meat chili while you watch these important films and learn
about the current situation at Black Mesa. We will be requesting a SLIDING
SCALE DONATION OF ($3 TO $15) for this event to help ten people from
Durango travel to Black Mesa to offer direct support to the families there
and to give to the people who live this struggle everyday, the elders and
families on the land.

All ages welcome!!

*We're also hosting a bake sale/donation collection at North City Market
on Wednesday 11/16, from 3 to 7. Please stop by and show your support
there too. WE WILL BE COLLECTING DONATED BAKED GOODS THIS SATURDAY AT
TURTLE LAKE REFUGE FROM 6 TO 9PM. PLEASE BAKE SOMETHING AND LET YOUR
FRIENDS KNOW TOO!!!

/THE FILMS:/

_?BROKEN RAINBOW?_ is a 1985 documentary film about the
government-enforced relocation of thousands of Navajo Native Americans
from their ancestral homes in Arizona. The Navajo were relocated to aid
mining speculation in a process that began in the 1970s and continues to
this day. The film is narrated by Martin Sheen. The title song was written
by Laura Nyro, the theme music was composed by Paul Apodaca, with other
original music by Rick Krizman and Fred Myrow. It won the Academy Award
for Best Documentary Feature.

*Other films include: /?STRANGERS TO THE GODS?,//?THE CANARY EFFECT ?
NATIVE AMERICAN RESISTANCE DAY?, "PRAYING FOR THE PEAKS", AND
MORE.../