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October 25, 1999 ::: Public Comment by Oct. 28 "A Deaf Whale is a Dead Whale" ::: Send this Message Out Today!!! Low-frequency Sonar Raises Whale Advocates' Hackles By Stephanie Siegel CNN (CNN) -- "Our whales didn't come back this year," said Capt. "China Mike" Yee, easing the Lana Kila tour boat along Hawaii's aquamarine Kona coast. "Not since the Navy did their sonar testing here." Send comments about ATOC to: Office of Naval Research c/o Kathleen Vigness Marine Acoustics, Inc. 901 Stuart Street, Suite 708 Arlington, VA 22203 The Navy disputes his assessment, saying this year's humpback whale season was normal, and more whales than ever before were seen in March 1998, when biologists studied humpbacks' response to the Navy's Low-Frequency Active Sonar (LFAS) equipment in Hawaiian waters. Follow these links for the rest of the story: cnn.com/NATURE/9906/30/sea.noise.part1/ cnn.com/NATURE/9907/01/sea.noise.part2/ cnn.com/NATURE/9907/01/sea.noise.part3/ ::: Support Sovereign Dineh Nation From: Lendra Ceinwyn To weave for the Dine'h is a prayer of thanksgiving , "the People" whom some call Navajo. Without their sheep they cannot pray. As of Feb1., 2000 this proud independent matriachal culture will be forced once again to move to a "New Land", to be relocated, which they have no word for in their language. In 1998, President Clinton signed the Relocation Act during a golf game, condemning the Dine'h to be moved again against their will, to "New Land" which is filled with radioactive uranium tailings at 100 times the maximum safety level. 7 grandmothers have refused to sign over their land, and will refuse because Big Mountain is sacred to them, the Earth their Mother, this is their lives they refuse to hand over to the BIA, and Peabody Coal. These 7 grandmothers are the elders of the Dine'h and represent 14,000 people. The Dine'h people are afraid that there will be another Ruby Ridge or Waco or Wounded Knee on or before Feb. 1 Please sign the Petition to end the genocide of the Dine'h People, and let them continue to weave and breathe. This is surely one of the darkest episodes in our history. Sign Online Petition in Support of Navajo Elders freespeech.org/senaa/VPJava.html freespeech.org/senaa/VPnoJava.html |