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MARCH TO PROTECT DINÉ BIKÉYAH

  • Wells Fargo Bank 12 Arizona 264 Window Rock, AZ, 86515 United States (map)

CALL TO ACTION! Join frontline Diné community members and resource extraction-impacted community members as we march to the Navajo Nation (NN) Council Chambers during the first 2023 Winter Legislative Session in Window Rock, Arizona.

❗PROTECT DINÉ BIKÉYAH (The People’s Lands)❗

Tuesday, January 24, 2023

Meet at the Wells Fargo Parking Lot at 8:00 AM (MST) We will conclude at 1:00 PM

Let’s Peacefully but, firmly express our concerns to the 25th NN Council about current and future resource extraction being proposed in all our communities across the Navajo Nation. Until now, Navajo policies and politicians have failed to safeguard the people’s health, water, and Diné Bikéyah. Join us in reminding our elected leaders that we, The People, will not be forgotten.

Please dress in layers, wear comfortable walking shoes and continue with COVID precautions.

For more information, please call or text Jessica at (505) 228-7085

 

Tó Nizhóní Ání (@tonizhoniani) is a 501(c)3 organization located on the Black Mesa Plateau in Northeast Arizona on the Navajo Nation. Tó Nizhóní Ání was organized to protect the water sources of Black Mesa from Industry use and waste. Tó Nizhóní Ání works to maintain a balanced environment with the elements of life – water, land, air, and sunlight. Please visit, https://tonizhoniani.org/

Tó Nizhóní Ání (TNA) “Sacred Water Speaks” is a Diné-led nonprofit organization established in 2001. In 2005 TNA led efforts to end the industrial use of the Navajo Aquifer - Black Mesa's only source of potable water, from Peabody Coal Company. TNA's work is rooted in protecting the waters of Black Mesa while bringing power back to our Indigenous communities impacted by coal.

—Tó bee iiná. Water is life.

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