Written by John Vibes at trueactivist.com
This week, members of the San Carlos Apache Native American tribe traveled to Washington DC to protest the desecration of their sacred property.
The tribe gathered at the US Capitol on Tuesday, to oppose a copper mine that is going to be built on one of their sacred sites in Arizona. The project is said to be worth $6 billion, and could totally destroy land that is rightly owned by the tribe.
The site in question is the Oak Flat campground near Superior, Arizona, which the US government has sold to a number of Austrailian mining companies, including Rio Tinto Plc and BHP Billiton Ltd.
“Today is our day. Today is our ceremony. We’re not here looking at this Capitol like it’s in charge of us,” tribe councilman Wendsler Nosie said at the protest.
Back in December, President Obama sold the 2,400-acre plot of land despite objections from Native American and environmental groups.
Sadly, the site already has a dark history, as the land is near the Apache Leap cliffs, where Apache Natives leaped to their deaths in the 1870’s to avoid being captured by invading US soldiers.
Native protesters have set up an encampment in the area and are refusing to leave under any circumstances. The protesters have been staying there since February, just after the deal was sealed.
This week, members of the San Carlos Apache Native American tribe traveled to Washington DC to protest the desecration of their sacred property.
The tribe gathered at the US Capitol on Tuesday, to oppose a copper mine that is going to be built on one of their sacred sites in Arizona. The project is said to be worth $6 billion, and could totally destroy land that is rightly owned by the tribe.
The site in question is the Oak Flat campground near Superior, Arizona, which the US government has sold to a number of Austrailian mining companies, including Rio Tinto Plc and BHP Billiton Ltd.
“Today is our day. Today is our ceremony. We’re not here looking at this Capitol like it’s in charge of us,” tribe councilman Wendsler Nosie said at the protest.
Back in December, President Obama sold the 2,400-acre plot of land despite objections from Native American and environmental groups.
Sadly, the site already has a dark history, as the land is near the Apache Leap cliffs, where Apache Natives leaped to their deaths in the 1870’s to avoid being captured by invading US soldiers.
Native protesters have set up an encampment in the area and are refusing to leave under any circumstances. The protesters have been staying there since February, just after the deal was sealed.
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Obama stabbed everyone in the back that was not a business.
This land was sold illegally, it’s not the president’s to sell.
TODAY AND TODAY ONLY WILL I USE THE “N” WORD! OBAMA YOU ARE A NIGGER!
This is not getting NEARLY the attention it deserves. This nation was founded by the Native Americans and we should be ashamed as a culture that we don’t even acknowledge the fact that we stole this country in cold blood with such selfishness and greed.We have taken EVERYTHING from these people, yet we continue to grind them into the dirt. The government is shit. These people deserve far more respect and humanity than what they’re given. Like they say, “When the Last Tree Is Cut Down, the Last Fish Eaten, and the Last Stream Poisoned, You Will Realize That You Cannot Eat Money.”