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Gathering: June 3-9 Honoring the Resistance at Big Mountain/Black Mesa

“WE SMELL A NEW DAWN WE TASTE THIS NEW POWER WE STEWARD WE SHELTER … WE WITNESS WE PRAY WE GATHER WE FIND NEW KINDNESS WE PAUSE WE KISS THE GROUND” -Vanessa Huang Greetings, We’d like to update you on and request your support for the upcoming gathering on Black Mesa that is focused on decolonizing the mind/mine.  The... [Read more]

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Support Native Youth Spring Break on Black Mesa & Organization-Based Gathering on Black Mesa

BMIS has been collaboratively planning two exciting on-land events that could use your support!   Native Youth Spring Break on Black Mesa This past week (March 14-21), a group of Dineh high school students who have been working with Danny Blackgoat and BMIS headed to the land for a gathering geared towards cultural survival and Black Mesa/Big Mountain... [Read more]

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Letter from Fern Benally (Black Mesa, AZ) and Don Yellowman (Tuba City, AZ) to Peabody CEO Greg Boyce

January 2013 St. Louis, MODear Mr. Greg H. Boyce and other Peabody Officials, We have traveled from the Navajo Nation located in what is now the State of Arizona.  We are in St. Louis on behalf of some of the elders from Black Mesa/Big Mountain who are impacted by the coal mining back home.  This letter is to request a face to face meeting with you... [Read more]

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Statement from Big Mountain resister

Click here to watch the video In January 2012 a Dine (Navajo) resister speaks about Peabody and the U.S. Governmentorchestrating the largest forced relocation since the Trail of Tears, as well as the destruction of sacred sites and traditional medicinal plants and herbs.  Ultimately, he tells Peabody to leave his ancestral homeland in Big Mtn.,... [Read more]

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Demand Peabody Energy take Accountability for their Actions Today!

Hi There, Today in St. Louis folks are standing up to Peabody Energy and demanding they take accountability for their actions. Among the protesters are members of the Navajo tribe from Black Mesa and residents of the coalfields of Appalachia. They have come together in solidarity against Peabody’s devastating practices; from the relocation of Navajo... [Read more]

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Caravan 2012 Reportback

BMIS wishes to extend thanks to all the residents of Black Mesa, regional coordinators, fundraisers, donors, wood choppers, and sheepherders who made this year’s caravan a powerful time of sharing, mutual support, growth, and fun! We feel truly honored to be able to continue to build as a support network and as a larger resistance community.   It... [Read more]

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Help Black Mesa Residents Get to St. Louis for Important Anti-Peabody Training and Action!

Peabody Energy is Headquartered in St. Louis…   This January, help Black Mesa residents hold them accountable!   This January, BMIS in coalition with Radical Action for Mountain Peoples’ Survival (RAMPS) and Missourians Organizing for Reform and Empowerment (MORE), will participate in organizing a month-long action training camp... [Read more]

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