[IPSM] Desert Rock RED ALERT: DINE’ GRANDMAS ARE BEING ARRESTED!

[james t]

Please call President Shirely!  If you are in the area or know anyone
in the area please get out to the site and be a Legal Observer!

RED ALERT!

DINE' GRANDMAS ARE BEING ARRESTED!

21 Navajo Police Paddy Wagons and Police Vehicles Just Arrived at the
Blockade! [Thursday, December 21, 2006, 12 Noon Mountain State Time]

We have just received reports from ground zero of the Blockade site
that the Navajo Police are making arrests! Grandmothers are being
arrested. The men were not at the camp and were collecting firewood.

We are asking that supporters – far and wide – immediately contact the
tribal headquarters of Joe Shirley, who is the Navajo Nation
President, telling him that if elders and supporters have been
arrested, to please release them. The President of Navajo Nation must
demonstrate compassion for the grandmother elders of his tribe.

Ask President Shirley to issue an order to the Navajo Police
Department to hold back on making any further arrests, and to release
the grandmothers and any other persons arrested.

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 at opvp.org


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


Yesterday morning (Wednesday), it was reported that the Navajo Tribal
Court issued a temporary restraining order. As a result, it is unclear
whether or not the Doodá Desert Rock Committee members were served the
actual restraining order until now.

The Navajo Nation Tribal Court took this action on behalf of the Diné
Power Authority and Sithe Global who sought immediate injunctive
relief. DPA and Sithe Global cited concerns of [so-called] unlawful
entry of Burnham Navajo citizens and their interference with the
process of the proposed Desert Rock power plant.

It was reported that Alice Gilmore, a Navajo tribal member, and
grazing permit holder for the site, also received a restraining order
against her despite her continual outcry against the project. Gilmore
has never relinquished her permit and has no plans to stop opposing
the project. Other resisters are supporting her stance, and despite
being served, there is no future of resisters backing down.

"Restraining orders are not stopping us" states Lucy Willie, Vice
President of the Doodá Desert Rock Committee, "we're here to stay."

FOR MORE INFO CHEQUE OUT THE BLOG: www.desert-rock-blog.com

Dooda Desert Rock Committee Contacts:
Dailan Jake Long Mobile (Cell): 505-801-0713
Elouise Brown, 505-947-6159
Lucy Willie, 505-215-2644

Dine' CARE contact:
Lori Goodman, Dine CARE, 970-759-1908

Other Support Contacts:
Enei Begaye, Black Mesa Water Coalition, (928) 213-9760
Jihan R. Gearon, Indigenous Environmental Network, (218) 760-1370
 Tom Goldtooth, Indgenous Environmental Network, (218) 760-0442


http://www.blackmesais.org/