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Hopi Chair: Ski area plan will destroy our culture
Friday, September 23, 2005
"Federal policy toward Native Americans evolved from conquest to removal from ancestral land and assimilation into non-Indian society. Indian school children were punished for speaking their native language.
So it came as little surprise that the U.S. Forest Service, an agent of a federal government with trust responsibility for native nations, recently decided to desecrate the sacred relationship with Nuvatukyaovi held by Hopi people and 12 other Indian tribes. The Forest Service last March ruled that wastewater can be piped to Nuvatukyaovi for the purpose of making artificial snow, so more people can ski the Peaks.
The decision was devastating to my people. Hopi clans and religious societies have shrines on the Peaks. We visit the area to deposit prayer offerings and collect herbs and plants for ceremonies."
Get the Story:
Wayne Taylor: The Hopi Way may vanish so skiers can play
(The Arizona Republic 9/23)
Approval Documents:
Final
Environmental Impact Statement for Arizona Snowbowl Facilities Improvement |
Forest
Service Approves Snowmaking at Arizona Snowbowl
Relevant Links:
Coconino National Forest -
http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/coconino/index.shtml
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