Spending Christmas huddled around a campfire and protecting our land is not something that we, resisters, had originally planned. Most of us expected large family dinners, Christmas tunes, and gift exchanges. We are being watched by the police 24 hours/day and every time a vehicle comes by, they charge over and scare the elders and medicine people visiting the Resisters’ Vigil.
But feeling the cold wind against our faces at this Doodá Desert Rock Vigil is not something that we regret. It is a time for us to continue standing upfor what is right. We are reconnecting with our ancestors through prayer and we are learning, re-learning about our traditional, cultural, and spiritual roots.
But feeling the cold wind against our faces at this Doodá Desert Rock Vigil is not something that we regret. It is a time for us to continue standing upfor what is right. We are reconnecting with our ancestors through prayer and we are learning, re-learning about our traditional, cultural, and spiritual roots.
Photo Navajo elderly protesting a planned power plant in Burnham, NM, spent
the cold holidays huddled around a fire, under the watch of police.
Courtesy Wahleah Johns
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the cold holidays huddled around a fire, under the watch of police.
Courtesy Wahleah Johns
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