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Article: Big Mountain: 'Never surrender'; Navajo, Hopi and feds announce no forced removal on Feb. 1
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- Indian Country Today (Lakota Times)
- Article date:
- January 26, 2000
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Norrell, Brenda
Indian Country Today (Lakota Times)
01-26-2000
Big Mountain: `Never surrender'; Navajo, Hopi and feds announce no forced
removal on Feb. 1
By Brenda Norrell
Today staff
BIG MOUNTAIN -- Navajos resisting relocation are preparing for a Pipe
ceremony and testimony before a delegation from European Parliaments. The
meeting will take place at Camp Anna Mae on Big Mountain just a week before
a federal Feb. 1 deadline for the Hopi Tribe to take control of Navajo
approaches.
Vowing to resist removal, Louise Benally said the sacredness of Big
Mountain will outlast puppet tribal governments and the greed of
corporations seeking to seize the coal-rich land.
"If borders can be redrawn in war zones ...
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