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Show "Walk" participants j pause in Green River i The Longest Walk, on its way to Washington, D.C., arrived at Green River Tuesday evening, and the group of about 150 people, ages 3 months to 60 years refreshed I itself there. I Said Advance Coordinator for the group, Henry Dominguez, who I is a Chiracaua Apache, "We want I to stress to the people of the community, this is a spiritual walk, not a protest or violent or radical j walk." I Purpose of undertaking this I self-imposed Longest Walk, which started from Sacramento, Ca., on Feb. 11, is to bring to the attention of all races and all people legislation legisla-tion which has been introduced in the national Congress and which is now being debated on the floors of both houses. Dominguez pointed a finger at HR 9054, which seeks an abrogation abroga-tion of all Indian treaties, he said, I and SB 1437, which involves freedom free-dom of speech, freedom to assemble, assem-ble, and freedom of expression. He urged citizens to contact local, state and national representa- tives to oppose these bills. Utah is j rich in mineral resources, and I Dominguez said 11 different bills are being introduced in congress regarding mineral resources. In Utah, he said, "Sixty-five . per cent of coal is on Indian federal i land, and 75 per cent of uranium is j on Indian federal land." The com- j bined nations participating in the I Longest Walk are trying to block I develoment of these resources on Indian lands because they fear they will be used for the production of war. "Utah has always been oppos- i ed to war, being a Mormon state," j he said. j Indian people fear the termina- I tion of their culture through loss of I rights, if some legislation is passed. Strip mining leaves land dead, he said. "We feel the lands have been abused, and feel worse will happen j if we don't join together spiritually to use Mother Earth for mankind I rather than for destruction and I greed." He pointed out that many J people on the walk "left homes and families to join this Longest Walk . " He said there are about 75 to 80 different tribes now on the walk, which will include a large delegation delega-tion of Navajo from Arizona which will meet them in Pueblo, Co. People from other nations will join as they walk across the United States, hoping to arrive in the nation's capitol about July 11. |
