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I got this in an e-mail, but I can't figure out how to post the link. Can anyone help?
Dear panader0:
Over 205,000 activists have joined you on our petition to Congress demanding they stop the transfer of sacred Native American land to a foreign mining giant.
This is a huge milestone in our effort to save this from destructive copper mining. But we need to keep fighting. Can you help us reach 215,000 signatures before we deliver the petition to Congress next week?
Click here to share this action with your friends and family via email, Facebook, or Twitter. Or just forward the e-mail below.
Thank you for speaking out to protect these sacred lands.
- Josh
P.S. You can go directly to our petition to Congress by clicking here.
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CREDO Action
Dont mine sacred Native American land in Arizona.
Tell Congress:
Repeal the Oak Flat land exchange and stop the transfer of this sacred Native American land to a foreign mining giant.
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In what many believe is a first in U.S. history, Congress has decided to give away a sacred Native American site to a massive foreign mining company.1 Were joining a last ditch effort to save this land before copper mining begins and this land is irreversibly destroyed.
Republicans in Arizona have been attempting for years to trade away the beautiful national forest lands at Oak Flat in Arizona, which are considered holy by the Apache tribe. And until recently, theyve failed for lack of support. But last December, in a deeply cynical and undemocratic move, Senators John McCain and Jeff Flake snuck last minute language into a must-pass defense bill transferring the land directly to the Rio Tinto mining company.2
Apache tribal leaders traveled to Washington, D.C. last month to protest this outrageous land giveaway. Were joining thousands of activists to help amplify their message and pressure Congress to stop the Apache land grab.
Sign the petition: Stop the Apache land grab and protect Native American holy land from copper mining. Click here to sign the petition.
Its hard to imagine politicians in Washington making the same deal for this land if it were considered sacred and holy by any other major religious group. But its sadly in keeping with a history of Native American mistreatment and dislocation.
And this land isnt just important to the local Apache tribe its important to historians, archaeologists, and all Americans who care about preserving a crucial piece of U.S. and Native American culture. When asked about the significance of the land at Oak Flat, a professor at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, Canada stated, this is the best set of Apache archaeological sites ever documented, period, full stop.3
Foreign-owned mining giant Rio Tinto has repeatedly sought control of this copper-rich land over the past decade, lobbying Congress more than a dozen times since 2005.4 And it shouldnt come as a surprise that Senators McCain and Flake were behind this unprecedented corporate giveaway. McCain has received campaign contributions from Rio Tinto subsidiaries for years, and Flake before being elected to Congress actually lobbied for a Rio Tinto subsidiary in support of a massive uranium mine in Namibia.
We need to fight back against this deeply undemocratic move and show Washington that Americans wont stand by as our legislative process is twisted and sold off to the highest bidder.
Sign the petition: Protect Native American holy land from mining. Click here to sign the petition.
Thank you for your activism.
Josh Nelson, Campaign Manager
CREDO Action from Working Assets
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Lydia Millet, "Selling Off Apache Holy Land," The New York Times, May 29, 2015.
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Zach Zorich, "Planned Arizona copper mine would put a hole in Apache archaeology," Science, December 10, 2014.
Serene Fang, "In Arizona, a controversial federal land swap leaves Apaches in the lurch," Al Jazeera America, February 20, 2015.
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haikugal
(6,476 posts)I just saw your request for help with the link.
What are you using....highlght the link. A drop down menu should appear with options. Click on copy...come back to your OP, place the cursor and paste your link in.
I hope that helps...
Here's the link!
http://act.credoaction.com/sign/Apache_land?t=7&akid=14918.8928794.aCtFKk
panader0
(25,816 posts)I tried doing what you said with no luck--then my pos computer froze up.
haikugal
(6,476 posts)I signed the petition...I'll kick this for visibility!