Broken Rainbow - Part 4 of 7

On December 1974 Congress passed Public Law 93-531 "The Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement Act". It authorized the partitioning of the Joint Use Area (JUA) and established the Navajo-Hopi Indian Relocation Commission (NHIRC) which moved Navajo people from the reservation lands. Countless of the most traditionally and culturally intact Dineh (Navajo)people were forced to re-locate to cities like Shiprock and Tuba City.

This 1985 documentary traces the history of both tribes and the events that led to this devastating land grab by Peabody Coal and Bechtel Corporations, assisted by our own government(major players included Barry Goldwater,Morris Udall,John McCain, and President Ford). The goal: access to coal and uranium resources.

Narrators include Martin Sheen, Buffy Sainte-Marie and Burgess Meredith.

This documentary won the 1986 Best Documentary Academy Award, but you'd be hard pressed to find it in video stores gor on-line.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Native
• American
• Hopi
• Dineh
• Dine
• Navajo
• Land
• Dispute
• Peabody
• Coal
• Bechtel
• Corporation
• PL
• 93-531
• Relocation

[Morningwasichu]

To watch the whole 7 part series of this movie go to my channel and click on the "Broken Rainbow" play list. I'm noticing that most people only watch part one.

[zezt]

All this leaves me speechless!!

[FreedomforHaiti]

That's unfortunate, particularly since part 3 discusses how the Nazis were inspired by the U.S. treatment of the Navajo when planning the German concentration camps. Germany has acknowledged its atrocities--but only because it was forced to. The U.S. has out-Nazied the Nazis many times over and has never had to face justice.

[eveningstar1982]

Now you see what the europeans have been doing to the native people?? That's why I'm saying: Enough is enough. EVen this day they are still suffering and still experiencing sacred places being taken away from them because the government has found resources. When will this end?? They deserve peace and freedom!

[StigmataBOB1]

The good spirits can be noticed by there wanting to HELP someone or something, an stated in Cherokee Wisdom.

Demonic Spirits want to get you to Cause Paine, Fear, Anxiety, or some other thing also Mentioned in Cherokee Wisdom. A demonic possession is real. They get people to kill, rape, Harm, and other vice.

[StigmataBOB1]

I am often asked, “How do we know we can trust?” This is important. Do a You Tube search on “Cherokee Wisdom”  Replace Wolf with Spirit. Thar are 2 types of spirits.

One is the spirit of your ancestors

The other is a Demonic Spirit

So how do you tell? Note that both can communicate with you in the same way, so this is very important.

[MrRed58]

being a whiteman must be real bad " tell ma & grandma its mine mine mine i will steal of everybody you included ma".

[MrRed58]

being a whiteman must be real bad " tell ma & grandma its mine mine mine i will steal of everybody you included ma"

[shodopoet]

thank you for posting this

[GalacticCowboy]

The earth will have its revenge

[mariotttttttt]

govermment is evil i will now truse any of my native brothers and white man who lives like us

[mariotttttttt]

white men r stopide thay cant take the fact that we were here and if we dont take care of mother erth we will perrish

[truthtrain77]

Some say Hitler got the idea of concentration camps from the British. They used it on the Afrikaan Boers. Either way, one day, all the righteous of the world of various skin color will come together. At least that's what I believe.