Boycott called for stone-washed jeans

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     Datum:            21 Feb 2000 20:27:00 -0000
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Mon, 21 Feb 2000 06:33:53

Boycott called for stone-washed jeans
By Brenda Norrell
Today staff

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. - Navajo Nation Council Speaker Edward T. Begay called
for a halt to mining on San Francisco Peaks - the Diné sacred mountain to
the West - and urged a boycott of the stone-washed jeans that create the
demand for pumice mined there.

Addressing the winter session of the Navajo Nation Council, Speaker Begay
said the San Francisco Peaks are prominent in the origin, clan and
ceremonial stories of the Diné and desecration must be halted.

"It is the holy mountain to the west and together with the three other holy
mountains, forms the boundaries of the sacred Diné homeland," he said.

"The White Vulcan Mine removes pumice and other minerals from the mountain
and are expanding operations within the boundaries of the mountain."

Speaker Begay also urged the Navajo Nation to be vigilant in its analysis
and participation in Congressional appropriations, pointing out that
three-quarters of the tribe's funding comes from federal sources.

Urging the Navajo Nation to review U.S. appropriations, he said the tribe
should not look solely at the budgets of the departments of Interior and
Health and Human Services.

Vital allocations are also in the budgets of the departments of Agriculture,
Commerce, Defense, Education, Energy, Housing and Urban Development,
Justice, Labor and Veterans Affairs, he said.

"For too long, we have concentrated our attention solely on BIA and IHS
funding

Further, he added, that the 88-member Navajo Nation Council, representing
the 200,000 members in Arizona, New Mexico and Utah, has dedicated such
extensive time to its own budget each year, it has ignored key allocations
at the federal level.

Urging protection of the San Francisco Peaks near Flagstaff, Begay said his
support of a halt to mining and a boycott of stone-washed jeans, will be
included in the official public record for the White Vulcan Mine Expansion
Environmental Impact Statement and the 74,000-acre Mineral Withdrawal Enviro
nmental Assessment.

"The preservation of one of our most sacred sites is at stake."

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