I would like to join Black Mesa Trust
in the following membership category:
$1 Pavatya (Tadpole) Ducks and higher receive a complementary water gourd.
$10 Paakwa (Frog)
$25 Bacavi (Reed)
$50 Pawiiki (Duck)
$100 Rainbow
$250 Spring Keeper
$500 Rain Keeper
$1000 Water Guardian
Other
Name ___________________________________________
Address _________________________________________
City ____________________________________________
State _______________________ Zip _________________
Phone ___________________________________________
E-mail __________________________________________
Tribal affiliation (if any) ___________________________
Do you
use N-Aquifer water? Yes No
Send your check or money order to:
Black Mesa Trust,
P.O. Box 33, Kykotsmovi, AZ 86039
Black Mesa Trust is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
All contributions are fully tax-deductible.
Your help and contributions
are essential to continuing the campaign to save water for our future generations.
The following letter may be copied and submitted with your personal changes.
Honorable Gale Norton,
Secretary
U.S. Department of Interior
18 th & C Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20240
Dear Secretary Norton,
I am writing to add my voice to those of the many Arizonians who are deeply
alarmed at the way the Peabody Mining operation has been allowed to continue
coal slurry production on Black Mesa in Northern Arizona. Coal slurry pipelines
like the one that is draining the water table under the Navajo and Hopi Reservations
at the rate of 120,000 gallons per hour have been stopped elsewhere by the
U.S. Office Of Technology Assessment, except in areas with abundant water
resources. Water is not an abundant resource in Arizona, as you know. It appears
to me to be a matter of making an ethical decision over one that caters to
power and money.
From what I understand of your perspectives, this is not a legacy that you
would wish to continue and I respectfully ask that you exercise your right
to stop Peabody Mining from using the only drinking water source available
to an already marginalized people. Your opportunity to provide the presence
of “trustee” in this case is pivotal toward breaking a very long
pattern of disregard by the United States Government over indigenous peoples
in this land.
This is a life-and -death situation for a people who represent one of the
richest cultural resources this nation possesses. They deserve our respect
and our consideration. Thank you for your attention in this very crucial matter.
Signature
Please also send comment letters to
Brent Wahlquist, Regional
Director
Office of Surface Mining
1999 Broadway, Suite 3320.
Denver, CO 80202-5733
and
Vic Svec, Vice
President for Public Relations
Peabody Group
701 Market Street.
St. Louis, MO 63101
Please include the following points in your letters:
1. In spite of Peabody's claims to the contrary, their continued pumping of the N-aquifer is causing springs and wells to go dry, negatively impacting Hopi culture and religion, and the hydrological balance of Black Mesa.
2. Peabody must stop pumping immediately. Further use of Black Mesa water is a violation of environmental and social justice principles.
3. The federal government has a special trust responsibility to Native American tribes and by law must fulfill this responsibility.
4. The Office of
Surface Mining must respond to public comments in a timely manner, hold
public hearings on Peabody's permit application, and prepare a thorough,
new Environmental Impact Statement.
Black Mesa Trust is a non-profit tax-exempt organization under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Please send contributions to:
P.O. Box 33
Kykotsmovi, Arizona 86039
