The Burt Cohen Show – 04/10/12

John Ford's Point in Monument Valley Navajo Tr...

In exchange for giving up their rights to water in 1969, the Navajo and Hopi were promised they’d be returned to them in fifty years. As we approach that deadline, Arizona Senators Kyl and McCain are rushing a bill through the senate to keep control in the hands of the coal and electric companies instead of the Native Americans. Recently about 300 protestors gathered to say to the senators: “NO DEAL” and “KILL THE BILL” S2109, which would allow for more water control for the benefit of coal and electric companies and urban growth.  Protesters chanted “Water Is Life”, “Free Indian Water Ends Now”, and “Let the Water Flow.” Today’s guest is Marshall Johnson, who has been at the forefront of the grassroots environmental movement on Navajo land.

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  • marie curley

    YOU GOVERNMENT ALREADY TOOK OUR LAND AND NOW YOU WANT TO TAKE OUR WATER…………..I PROTEST THIS AND SAY “NO”!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TO THIS…………..ARE YOU ALL CRAZY ………….YOU GOVERNMENT PROMISED US A BETTER TOMORROW A LONG, LONG TIME AGO………BUT INSTEAD YOU’VE GIVEN US POVERTY, DISEASE, SUICIDE, MALNUTRITION AND ……..A PROMISE OF A BETTER TOMORROW………..WE HAVEN’T SEEN THAT DAY YET……….AND NOW THIS………US NATIVE AMERICANS WILL STAND OUR GROUND AND WILL DIE FOR IT TOO…………

    SO VOTE “”"”"HELL NO……….” TO THIS…………………….YOU CAN’T HAVE OUR WATER AND WE WANT OUR LAND BACK TOO…….WHILE YOU’RE AT IT………………

    PROUD TO BE NATIVE AMERICAN…………OR I SHOULD SAY AMERICAN INDIAN……….

    MARIE CURLEY
    CENSES# 303291

  • Navajotruth

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