A-Infos (en) Tribes Occupy Ward Valley - We are not leaving!

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            COLORADO RIVER NATIVE NATIONS ALLIANCE
Fort Mojave * Chemehuevi * Quechan * Cocopah * Colorado River Indian Tribes

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: FEBRUARY 13, 1998
Contact: On-site cell phones 310/977-7870; 520/669-0705
         Save Ward Valley 760/326-6267; 760/326-4305; 714/649-2641;
415/752-8678
	
	        Federal Deadline to Close Ward Valley Expires	
 		      HUNDREDS OCCUPY GROUND ZERO
  	                TRIBES AND SUPPORTERS DECLARE
             "WE ARE NOT LEAVING WARD VALLEY! NO NUCLEAR DUMP!"

Needles, CA -- Joined by 200 supporters, Tribal leaders and Elders of the
Colorado River Native Nations Alliance yesterday challenged President
Clinton to stop the proposed Ward Valley radioactive waste dump now.  As
the
U.S. Department of Interior's February 13th deadline for closure of Ward
Valley expired, hundreds of tribal members and supporters joined the
occupation of the proposed dump site.

Indian Elders set up their camp directly at ground zero, the site Interior
Department officials have ordered to be vacated.  "We have been forced into
this position, and we have no other options," said President Michael
Jackson
of the Quechan Indian Nation.  "This is a serious direct action, and firm
commitments have been made by Indian Nations and the Save Ward Valley
Coalition that we will not be moved," said Steve Lopez, speaking for the
Fort Mojave Indian Tribe.  "I will do this for my people and my children,
even if it means giving up my life."

Paddy McGuire of the U.S. Department of Interior heard the pleas of the
Tribal leaders and Elders and agreed to relay their request that President
Clinton meet directly with them.  The Indian Nations are asking President
Clinton to act now to stop the dump and uphold Executive Orders, mandates
and statutes protecting Indian people and sacred areas.

Proposed tritium test drilling would desecrate sacred Indian lands and
destroy critical habitat for the threatened desert tortoise, a species in
trouble that is also sacred to the Tribes.  Ignoring environmental and
Indian spiritual concerns, the Interior Department has given the tests a
green light.  

Ward Valley is 22 miles west of Needles, California, off the Water Road
exit
on Interstate 40.
Save Ward Valley
107 F St.
Needles, CA  92363
ph. 760/326-6267
fax 760/326-6268
http://www.shundahai.org/SWVAction.html
http://earthrunner.com/savewardvalley
http://www.ctaz.com/~swv1




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