Abortion march set
Sunday will wllnnss what Is expect nd to bn the largest pro
choice march ever In Lone (bounty, with a group winding Its
way from the EMU Courtyard to the Federal Building
Tho march, tarrying tho thomo "Wo Won't Go Back!" be
gins at 1 p m., followed by a rally at the Federal Building
Rally speaker* will include (xmgmsaman Fetor DoFazio:
Senate candidates Harry Lonsdale and Congressman l-es Au
Coln; Secretary of State Phil Koisling. Secretary of State can
didates Mary Wendy Roimrts and Boh Kholos, Oregon Repre
sentatives Jim Kdmunson and Sam Domlnv. and District 41
candidates Gynthia Wooten and Bob Reu< hloin
The march coincides with the "Murch for Women s Lives
in Washington. D C The local organizers are a coalition of
pro choice groups Including Lane County NOW, Oregon
NARAL, Planned Parenthood of Lane County. Students for
Choice, and the Women's Low Forum The event Is being
staged to support pro-choice candidates and the Freedom of
(:holce Act
Students lor Choice member Debt Webster said the feeling
of ibis marc h will he different from the tOBU march. Mobi
lize for Women's Lives
"There s more anger." she said " ! her*1 s more feeling and
emotion behind this People can't heiieve that they still have
to fight this nil over again "
in early April, the Supremo Conti ts expex led to la- hearing
arguments in the controversial Pennsylvania case that may
overturn Roe vs Wade, the ruling that legalized almr
lion
Webster -..nil Ira ns has turned aw ay from trying to preserve
Roe. with a nevs eye on getting the I rissluni nf Choleic Act
passed ill till- l S Congress
Locals rally for American Indians
By Lisa Miliegan
( merald Aivx ,v*.* f d '.or
For mx springs between lhn-t
anil IMHO. Yonralla resident
Tresa Don Hotel made a regular
pilgrimage to Big Mountain in
northoastem Arizona
L.ach time she made the trip,
the situation at the sat rial Na
x .i)o and Hopi land seemed to
worsen
livery year, under the aus
piles of the 1*17-1 Nav.i|ii-Hopi
Indian Land Settlement Act
the United States government
forcibly removed more and
more of her American Indian
friends from their homes Uov
eminent official* impounded
more livestock id Navapis and
Hopi that resisted removal
People think the war be
tween the while and the indig
enous people Is over and it's
Oof, lies Hotel said
This week lies Hotel, thfei
other Lane ( ounly resident*
and supporters from around the
world will return to Hig Moun
lain to tiring food tools, other
supplies and moral support to
the 2(H) Navajo and Hopi that
live there
Loe.il supporters of big
Mountain residents will hold .1
send off rally Saturday between
1 and 2 p tn at lingerie's Wayne
Morse Free Speech Area,
highlit Avenue and Oak Street
The lingerie based Big Moult
tain Native American Support
group and the Seattle based
Support for Native Sovereignly
group will be at < opting money
donations at that time
The conflict between the
I nited States government and
American Indians over liig
Mountain dates bat k to the
5<i20s when oil vs as first dis
c ovured on 11 j«; land
At that point (Congress au
thorized tiie first-time creation
of irihtd councils m that area so
the (tiuncils could, lease the
land lor oil exploration
■However, many people, in
cluding noth Newberry of ihe
Big Mountain Native American
Support (irotip, 1 onfend that a
large number of Navajo and
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Hop! did not support the coun
cils because they were govern
ment-! mated
Hv lhe 1950s. coal and urani
um was discovered on Big
Mountain, hut energy compa
nies were having a hard time
gelling land leased
Newherrv said a subsequent
law passed in Congress giving
tribes the right to sue each oili
er was a direct result of energy
company influentes
In I’eahodv Coal Com
pany secured a lease from Na
vajo and Hopt couni its to mine
nlai k Mesa, an area vs hH h in
eludes Big Mountain Hv i*470.
some people living in that area
were forcihlv removed from
their homes to allow the coal
company to strip-mine the
land
The 1074 N'avajo-Hopi Indian
hand Settlement Ar t. passed
her ause of what Congress
called a land dispute between
the two trif>fs. stipulated that
most of the 10.000 people liv
ing in .Black Mesa would have
to move hv 19Bt>
Although the deadline, was
later extended to 1 ii. the
United States government has
forbidden Big Mountain Indi
ans from repairing their homes
nr to planting gardens, im
pounded up to 00 percent of
iheirliv estork and torn down
some ceremonial structures.
Newherrv said.
The 1,500 remaining Indians
m HI,-,t k Mesa t nnlinue to resist
leaving the area because their
religion requires them to live
there Newherrv said they be
lieve worldwide ( at.istrophe
could (x cur ti they leave
The people insist that
thev re not leaving, Nowlx-rrv
said It's a spiritual struggle "
Newtierrv said resisters are now
Irving to pressure Congress to
stop funding relocation.
lies I Intel said she feels .1
moral responsibility to help Big
Mountain resisters as much as
silt; can
This is a deliimrate act of
genocide by our government,
she said In know about it
and ignore it is to parti! ipate in
that gerioi ide
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