Statement from a Dineh man from The Mountain

07/22/05

To the supporters around the world:

The relocation of the Dineh Nation (Navajo) of Big Mountain, Black Mesa is still happening to this day. Sen. John McCain has introduced a bill (S.1003) that is to complete the forced removal of the Dineh of the Hopi Partitioned Land (HPL). The HPL was given to the Hopi Nation under the Relocation Act of 1974. In that act there is no fairness or equality, and what the Navajo Nation has been given is broken promises instead of new schools, hospitals and other public services. It is just like the past of broken treaties. The people who have relocated gave up their beautiful way of life, that beautiful land, in exchange for these broken promises. Read more