Broken Rainbow - Part 3 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

[razorphx]

i LOVE the fact that the AMERICAN government refuses to acknowledgement that they created the blue prints for the Concentration Camps in Europe.

[Zeuszgrl]

Injustice of collosall proportions

[jacksawild]

@okaminess I wonder, if it isn't too much trouble if you could lead me to a copy online as I want to see it again. Please.

[TheLovesoul1]

@scheming8rythem love you brother take care be safe.

[okaminess]

@jacksawild I know what you're talking about. I have that reading in my folder in my room. I know which one you mean.

[Unpromoted]

0:33 wow.

[Unpromoted]

:33 wow.

[scheming8rythem]

@Morningwasichu agreed, people are sterilized to real communication and communion. we become so shallow and think we know it all. We hurt other people by not giving them the attention we normally would, but it's okay everything will find it's path.

[Morningwasichu]

@scheming8rythem I agree. The time has passed for us to salvage our Mother Earth using our own powers that were given to us by her. Too many of us have used those powers against her - from all sides. Greed and divisions have divided us all, and dispersed us into a cyber world of alternative worlds that now encompass much of our time (Facebook, Twitter) and blogs. Anything to avoid meeting face to face to talk.. But we're safe in a new cyberspace, where no one has to tell their name.

[eveningstar1982]

What makes the christian religion more worth than any other religion? Ask yourself this: Is it okay to kill other people due to their religion and culture? Is it okay to herd people away from their homeland just to find gold, silver, or whatever natural riches? Is it okay to bribe people so they can't fight for their rights?? I could go on, and on and on, but since the european came to America, the native people have never been free, and they still aren't.

[StigmataBOB1]

When you get good at this you will notice you can send the spirit, back a picture or feeling. This is done by focusing on a picture, or feeling in your mind. Send them the feeling of Love, they usually respond. A tingling sensation is common. When you follow what they are telling you it will amplify the communication.

[StigmataBOB1]

Follow what the spirit is telling you. The reason for this is many, but it gives the spirit feedback. They can see you are getting the message. Keep flowing. Keep Listening. If the Spirit tells you to do something, Do it...