NETROOTS NATION 2015

Dine (Navajo) elders of Black Mesa, AZ are in the fourth decade of

struggling for their sovereignty.
Peabody Western Coal Company (the largest privately-owned coal company in the world)
has desecrated Dinetah, their sacred land. The air, water, and soil have become toxic. The
people and animals suffer from cancer and Black Lung.
From 1966 to today, over 30 billion gallons of water has been pumped, and over half a
billion tons of coal has been mined in Black Mesa. The cost to Navajo people is forced
relocation by the U.S. federal government of more than 15,000 extended families, paid for
by over half a billion U.S. taxpayer dollars.
In defense of their sacred land, Navajo resisters have endured violations of their civil,
political, and human rights, environmental racism, and injustice. Their livestock have been
confiscated, their wells fenced off, capped off, and bull dozed by the U.S. Bureau of Indian
Affairs (BIA). Their burial and sacred sites have been razed. And yet they are still defending their land and way of life.
www.forgottennavajopeople.org

facebook.com/forgottenpeople

NETROOTS Town Hall - Team Rural Booth 428

Support Relocation Resisters:

Join the Fossil Fuel Divestment
movement - sign up today at NET
ROOTS Town Hall - Team Rural
booth 428
Come to Black Mesa as a Supporter
to bear witness to Tribal Rangers,
and Police Brutality. Record abuse
incidents, take down information
from community members
Donate tools, supplies, gas, food &
Home Depot gift cards to help
finance community rebuilding
Buy a rug from a Navajo weaver &
support traditional livelihood
Show that the world is watching.
For more information about donating your time or sending supplies, please contact:

Mary Lane, President, Forgotten People and Black Mesa resister,

P.O Box 539, Tonalea, AZ 86044,

Phone: (928) 864-6413. Email: forgottenpeoplecdc@gmail.com
Please send tax-deductible contributions to Forgotten Peoples Fiscal Agent:

7 Directions Environmental Network, Attention: S.D. Smith for Forgotten People

125 N. Main St 500-353, Blacksburg, VA 24060.

Phone: (540) 552-2525. Email: sdsmithesquire@gmail.com
Make checks payable to 7 Directions Environmental Network, with Forgotten People on the
memo line. Visit their website:
www.forgottennavajopeople.org

facebook.com/forgottenpeople