UPDATE – WESTERN SHOSHONE PAYOFF BILL

Article image WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO TO HELP STOP THE LARGEST INDIAN LAND THEFT IN MODERN HISTORY?
U.S. CONGRESSIONAL VOTING AT 6:30 PM MONDAY, JUNE 21, 2004


Despite an outpouring of support for the Western Shoshone and a national outcry for a good faith resolution of the land and treaty issues, Congress, their corporate cronies and the White House are at it again…

The highly controversial Western Shoshone Distribution Bill (S 618/HR 884) is on the House Suspension calendar AGAIN for Monday, June 21, 2004, voting begins at 6:30 p.m. Only representatives present and voting count.
What’s changed since June 1 when the Western Shoshone tribal councils and traditional people supported by thousands across the country cried out in opposition to the legislation?

NOTHING – except White House staffer Jennifer Farley has reportedly called the bill “red hot” and that President Bush will not use his veto power to stop it; Senator Reid has sent a personal communication to House Democrats begging for their support to pass the bill, and local press announcements show the gearing up of “public” land sales across the State of Nevada.

So why expend such huge quantities of political capital to pass this bill? That’s the question we should all be asking.

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