Dineh protest McCain's role in Arizona Native land
steal
A delegation of Dineh elders and their supporters visited
the Bay Area on Feb. 24 to protest the policies of reactionary
Arizona senator and presidential hopeful John McCain. McCain
was to attend a fundraising event in San Francisco, but was a
no-show.
Elder Rena Babbitt Lane, pictured here, and other protesters
targeted Public Law 104-301, a bill sponsored by McCain in 1996
that is resulting in the forced relocation of traditional Dineh
from their land in the Black Mesa region of Arizona.
The bill strips the Dineh of any rights to their land unless
they sign 75-year leases allowing multinational corporations to
mine the mineral-rich area. Many Dineh elders have had their
sheep and other livestock confiscated by the Bureau of Indian
Affairs.
As of Feb. 1, those who had not signed the leases became
"trespassers" on their own land.
--Bill
Hackwell
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