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Show Jf.. ...mi,, .. j.i.i.noMiiu,,,. .M i ji g -- Some 200 people have been sitting in around the Texaco site's administration building in the Aneth oil Indian protesters tell oil companies to "clean up act" In a vote of 106 to 0, protesters present at the Texaco administration building site April 3 approved a 5-page resolution resolu-tion setting forth concerns and demands of the Dine (Navajo people) living in the area, who have been conducting a peaceful protest against practices of oil companies operating in the area. The protest, which began be-gan March 31, has shut down the operations of Phillips Petroleum, Continental Con-tinental Oil, Superior Oil and Texaco Oil since the only road leading into the area has been blocked by the Indians. The resolution passed charges discrimination, damage to land, crops, field during the peaceful protest. As many as 500 were present over the weekend. (Alvin Reiner photos) water and livestock, har-rassment har-rassment and ridicule by the oil companies. It also calls for restitution for past damages and negotiating nego-tiating of new contracts written to ensure the best interests of the people living in the area. Times - Independent correspondent Alvin Reiner Rei-ner was at the scene this week. He reported the oil companies met in Phoenix with tribal leaders. He said that according to Aneth Navajo Councilman Robert Billie, Navajo Tribal Tri-bal Chairman Peter McDonald Mc-Donald would be in Blanding early Wednesday Wednes-day morning and would go to the Texaco site to meet with the people. Billie told Reiner that at the meeting with oil company officials it appeared ap-peared they have been blaming one another for the problems. It was also reported that oil company officials offered of-fered to meet with the local Navajos at the Anether Chapter House, but that the protesters wanted the companies to come to the Texaco site, as they felt the company would regain the site if they left. The Navajos protesting felt any agreement reach ed would have to be signed in public, thus allowing them to voice their opinions and make changes. Reiner reported that cars are checked for weapons and alcoholic beverages upon entering the site, by security set up by the protesters. Everything was peaceful peace-ful and conducted in an orderly manner, he said. He interviewed Larry Anderson, spokesman for the group and one of the organizers of the protest. He quoted Anderson as saying, "The oil companies compan-ies are not living up to the contracts which were negotiated ne-gotiated years back. I see it ever since I've been here." He called for "No more of these 99 year type of leases." He spoke of the possibility possi-bility of expulsion of the oil company from reservation reserva-tion lands, negotiations with the Arabs, and development of other industry in-dustry to provide needed jobs on the reservation. Anderson concluded: "We're showing that we want representation. Not all white people are bad. The poor people in the Appalatians are also struggling, along with the Blacks and Chicanos." Several of the spokespersons for the group are shown here. They are, from left, Larry Anderson, Kee Moustache, Calvin Thomas and Mrs. Moustache. Navajo Tribal Chairman Peter McDonald was to be in Blanding Wednesday morning, and it was announced he would go from there to the protest site. m;iA:"yykyys- ' ; y- - ij ."n: . J y W-xul i WlJ . feat Participants in the peaceful protest are voting as to whether or not they should mee with the oil company representatives at the Aneth Chapter House or remain at thi site. They voted overwhelmingly to stay at the site. |