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The Navajo county commissioner values addressed conflicts in land-us- e between the Navajos and Utahs Univei Closet dominant religious group, the Mormons, as keynote speaker at a fall roundup Sept. 14 of the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance. An estimated 80 members gathered for the two-da- y rally on the topic, registration drive on the Utah Navajo Reservation. The wilderness alliance donated $200 at the beginning of the drive last spring, said Navajo activist Mormon and Navajo Perspective." An incumbent candidate for San Juan County Commission, Maryboy closed the program asking for more support from environmentalists for a voter Creek. Maryboy said funds are needed to help register 1,000 more Navajos before the cutoff date. are also needed to see that registered Navajos cast ballots without problems during the election, he said Maryboy was accompanied by five "Wildemess--Th- e Poll-watche- rs members of the Johnson family which has been actively involved in political and legal efforts to reclaim ihteentb Annual stlval Presents'- - homelands from pollution-producin- g oil and natural gas drilling compa- Sophocles' OEDIPUS THE KING Translated by William Butler Yeats October 6, 1990 8:30 a.m. Sponaored by The Unhwilty of Utah Theatre Department The Utah Art Counci The Utah Endowment for the Humanltlei & ASUU $5Adults Chester Johnson of Montezuma $3Senlor & Students rhere will be a lecture on Oedipus Oct. 5, 7:30 p.m. at Star Hall by Jim Svendsen, University of Utah Drama Tutor. There is no admission charge for, this Jecture. nies. "We hope by sharing some of these things we might come to .a working relationship with each other," Johnson told the group in a translation of remarks by his father, Fred Johnson. The Johnsons are members of the Kaiyella tribe which claims independence from both the United States and the Navajo Nation. They said tribal government has allowed oil and energy companies to contaminate the water and air and ruin farming and grazing lands in mineral and oil exploration and development in the Aneth area the past 34 years. Chester Johnson said approximately 350 wells a quarter mile apart have been drilled within a three- - to radius of Aneth, forcing his family to evacuate. The Johnsons said very little from four-mi- le oil royalties and severance taxes trickle down to the' Utah section of the reservation--- a political no-ma- land where most people are forced to live on welfare in inadequate housing without electricity or running water. beautiful locations." ' he said author Tom Carter wrote that the early setders interpreted Young's message as a rejection of wilderness as "an affront to the sen- The Kaiyellas hope to develop support among environmentalists in the fight against pollution and exploitation of the southeast comer of Utah, Johnson said. Maryboy said the Navajos have lived under a reign of terror by the oil companies. They have polluted sibilities." Rejection of nature in folk design is literally reflected in Mormon architecture and religious space which is built on the square, all the artesian wells, scarred the land with oil, acid, and salt water spills, and filled the air with deadly hydrogen-scarbon dioxide and odors ulfide, of burning gas, he said. The Navajos envision an economy based on art, and development compatible with nature and the philosophy of the circle of life. "Yet while we are trying to make our vision a reality through the po- litical process, oil companies are drilling on the last untouched mesas in the Kaiyella's domain, and there are wells planned to mar the beauty of Monument Valley," Maryboy said. "What we need is something that will be with us foreverto feed the We don't mind, to be want to be a drain on society," he said. After researching differences in according cational and other institutions that drive home the message to the Navajos: "Your culture is inferior." "This culture bias continues today with such force that the existence of my people, the Navajos, may be lost in two more generations if we are not successful in preserving the circle of live," Maryboy said. Anglo-dominat-ed the earth so pleasant that. . .angels may delight to come and visit your Carter. to RELIGIOUS CLASSES Religion classes for St Pius X Maryboy said early Mormons viewed Navajos as lonely in an uncivilized wilderness. But they actually lived contentedly with their circular approach to life, d mud reflected in their huts or hogans, and ways they try to With instead of trying to tame nature. He said early Mormon ranchers first assaulted Indian lands and properties. Today, mental assault in edu sheep-herde- rs children from kindergarten to 6th grade will begin September 17 after school in the parish hall. The youth group for junior and high school students met Sunday at 6:30 p.m. to discuss plans for upcoming activities.' Parents of the students were invited to attend the meeting to become involved in the upcoming dome-shape- co-exi- st program. , Riverside Plumbing & Heating RICK HIRSCHFELD Licensed and Insured Plumbing Contractor Call: 259-832- 4 perspectives on wilderness among Navajos and Mormons, Maryboy said he concluded that the Navajo view of nature compared to Mormons' is like circles compared to squares. 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