If we break these roots the world will get out of balance. Roberta Blackgoat, longtime resister and sheepherder from Cactus Valley, told stockholders the region of San Francisco Peaks is holy to the Navajo people. Mining in the area of this sacred mountain is the same as desecrating an altar and church. It is making the people sick. But there are too many pins on the Mother Earth.
Barbed wire is all over the country, dividing the people.
Arlene Hamilton, coordinator of the Weaving For Freedom project, personally bought two shares in the corporation to ensure entrance into the stockholders meeting. She and Benally negotiated with Lehman Brothers to allow the elders time to address stockholders. These were some of the richest men and women in the world. The delegation was so beautiful, and so with the truth. Their presence was holy.