From: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu (Rich Winkel)
Subject: West Shoshone/sample protest letter
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Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 09:12:00 GMT

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** Written  5:40 pm  Dec 17, 1992 by odn in cdp:gen.nativenet **
SAMPLE PROTEST LETTER:

In order to expedite the process of mailing protest letters
regarding the current Western Shoshone situation (see previous
postings on Native Net, since late November), here is a sample
letter to send to various members of Congress and government
offices.  At the end of the sample letter is a compiled list of
addresses & fax numbers to send protest letters to.

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The Honorable Barbara Boxer US House of Representatives
Washington, DC  20515

Dear Congresswoman Boxer:

We write to request your immediate action in support of the
Western Shoshone nation in Nevada, who are currently resisting a
round-up of their livestock by the US Bureau of Land Management
(BLM) and the subsequent occupation of their land by the BLM.

We ask that you demand that the BLM and US government recognize
their land rights guaranteed by the Treaty of Ruby Valley signed
by the US in 1863, participate in direct and meaningful
negotiations with the Western Shoshone National Council, and cease
the round-up of Western Shoshone livestock.

[here add anything about your particular concern on the situation,
or if you are writing for an organization, discuss your
constituency/membership to give your letter leverage]

Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter.

Sincerely,

[name]
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If you don't have time to do all, start with your own
represenative and senators (they have a responsibility to their
constituents)  and select any additional names you have time to
do.  Please see attached example letter - please note this letter
was drafted to a member of Congress, a slightly different letter
would be needed for the Bureau of Land Management or the UN.

(The following list was compiled from information already on
Peacenet and a letter from the American Indian Movement; if you
subscribe to Peacent, you can access fax numbers for members of
congress and other members of the US government through a Peacenet
database, see main menu)

%your two state senators
%your representative
%Senator Daniel Inouye, Chair, Select Committee on Indian Affairs
%Congressman George Miller, Co-Chair, Interior & Insular Affairs
Committee

Write them at:

Senator XXXX                    Congresswoman/Congressman XXXX US
Senate                               US House of Representatives
Washington, DC  20510           Washington, DC  20515

%Cy Jamison, National Director, Bureau of Land Managment, 1849 C
Street, NW, Washington, DC 20420
%Billy Templeton, Nevada State Director, Bureau of Land
Management, 850 Harvard Wy, Reno, NV  89520, ph 702-785-6590
%Secretary General, United Nations, 1st Ave and 46th Street, NY,
NY  10017,  ph 212- 963-1234
%Human Rights Commission, United Nations, 1st Ave and 46th Street,
NY, NY 10017,  ph 212-963-1234
%President George Bush, The White House, Washington, DC  20500,
ph202-456-1414, fax 202-456-2461
%President-elect Bill Clinton, Arkansas Governor's Office, Little
Rock, AR 72201  fax 501-399-7096  ph  501-372-2292
%Manuel Lujan, Jr., Secretary of the Interior,18th & C Street,
NW, Washington,
DC
20240  fax 202-208-6956
%Lawrence Eagleburger, Secretary of State, 2201 C Street, NW,
Washington, DC 20520 fax  202-647-6434
%Governor Bob Miller, Nevada State Capitol, Carson City, NV  89710
fax:  702-687-4486
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