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Come to Ward Valley Februrary 12-15, 1999 The Colorado River Native Nations Alliance Invites you to come to Ward Valley to celebrate and commemorate the one year anniversary of the historic and victorious 113 day occupation of the proposed dump site. Come to Ward Valley on February 12-15, 1999 to help celebrate the one year anniversary of the occupation, and to let the government know we will defend the land again if necessary! The Tribes will conduct ceremonies on February 12 and 14, 1999 at Ward Valley. Everyone is welcome but please respect the ceremonial nature of the gathering. On Sunday, February 14, 1999 we will have a strategy meeting to stop the dump. No drugs, alcohol, or weapons! For more information, contact
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Celebrate! On February 12, 1998 the Fort Mojave, Chemehuevi, Quechan, Cocopah and Colorado River Indian Tribes and supporters begin what was to become a 113 day direct action and occupation of the proposed nuclear waste dump site at Ward Valley. The U.S. government had planned to bring in drilling rigs to conduct tests for the dump project, tests which would have desecrated the sacred Indian land at Ward Valley. In defiance of federal closure and eviction orders and threats of arrest, the Indian Nations and supporters erected roadblocks and vowed to nonviolently but directly resist any government attempts to remove them from Ward Valley. Native spiritual leaders and Elders conducted ongoing religious ceremonies at the site. The federal government eventually backed down, removed their police, and finally rescinded their eviction notices and cancelled the test drilling. We won the occupation, but the fight to save Ward Valley continues. |