And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: -----Original Message----- Non-member submission from [Jennifer Olaranna Viereck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 20:55:57 -0700 From: Jennifer Olaranna Viereck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: 198 Arrested at NTS on Mother's Day HEALING GLOBAL WOUNDS 'HONORING THE MOTHER' GATHERING Nevada Test Site, USA, May 7-10,1999 Around 700 people gathered at the Nevada Test Site from May 7-10 to celebrate Mother's Day and demand an end to the radioactive poisoning of Mother Earth. Following a rousing rally of music and speakers from around the world at the Test Site gates on Mother's Day, 198 people (DOE figures) entered the site. Ian Zabarte, of the Western Shoshone National Council (WSNC), put Test Site officials on notice that they were trespassing on Shoshone lands and were in criminal violation of international law. The arrestees were detained and released on site. They are unlikely to face prosecution, as the U.S. government has avoided the issue of the treaty with the Shoshone for some time. Activists are considering steps to charge federal and county officials with kidnapping and false arrest. Between Sunrise Ceremonies and evening Native Drum circles on Friday and Saturday, participants attended workshops, discussion groups and nonviolence trainings. The new Youth Program was thoroughly enjoyed, with activities for families, small children and youth. Mother's Day began with at dawn sweatlodges for women, a Eucharist Service offered by 35 members of the Episcopal Peace Fellowship, and a Grandmothers and Crones Ceremony. Following a brunch served by the men in camp, a march was led by Corbin Harney, Western Shoshone Spiritual Leader, members of the Western Shoshone National Council, and other Native American community leaders. Hundreds of grandmothers, children and families and supporters of all ages followed the eagle staffs and WSNC flag to the Test Site gates. On Moday, 175 activists participated in a Western Shoshone occupation of the Test Site by entering the site, erecting a teepee and joining in a Sunrise Ceremony led by Corbin Harney. Lands for the Nevada Test Site were seized from the Shoshone in 1948, forcibly relocating 100 families from lands guaranteed under the 1863 Treaty of Ruby Valley. This was only the second time since 1947 that the Shoshone were able to have morning prayer on this portion of the 1250 square mile site. Another teepee was set up over five miles inside the Test Site perimeter, high on a ridgetop overlooking Mercury NV, where Sunrise Ceremony was also celebrated by tired but inspired activists. A third teepee was was erected well inside the front entrance, visible to the thousands of arriving workers at dawn. Around one hundred people were at the front gate greeting workers and entertaining the test site guards. Throughout the weekend, a micro-radio station, Radio-Free Newe Sogobia, broadcast and recorded most of the events. Honor the Earth will be producing a radio show that will air May 15 or 17th. FRIDAY PRESENTERS Corbin Harney, Western Shoshone Spiritual Leader Jennifer Olaranna Viereck, Healing Global Wounds Coordinator Molly Johnson, Save Ward Valley Coordinator Shannyn Sollit, Los Alamos Peace Project Dan Sythe, International MedCom Gilbert Sanchez, San Ildefonso Pueblo Taiwan Indigenous Peoples Delegation, 5 members Louise Benally, Big Mt. Dineh Relocation Resister SUNDAY RALLY PRESENTERS Katherine Blossom, Ely Shoshone Council Member Helen Herrera Anderson, Alliance of Native Americans Margene Bullcreek, Ohngo Gaudaudeh Devia, Skull Valley Goshute Tribe Michelle Xenos, Shundahai Network, HGW Youth Program Coordinator Janet Chisholm, Episcopal Peace Fellowship Jane Williams, CA Citizens Against Toxins in the Environment Susan Gordon, Alliance for Nuclear Accountability The Raging Grannies, music Movement Pour La Paix, France Taiwan Delegation women, indigenous music Jennifer O. Viereck, HGW Coordinator, read message from Lillian Willoughby, first women arrested at the Test Site in 1957, and messages of support from other related events around the US and Puerto Rico. -- Info about Spring Mother's Day Gathering, May 7-10, 1999 at http://www.shundahai.org/HGW/ Healing Global Wounds: PO Box 420, Tecopa CA 92389-0420 USA Phone 760-852-4175 Fax 760-852-4151 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Coordinator: Jennifer Olaranna Viereck HGW is a multi-cultural alliance of organizations and individuals seeking restoration of respectful sustainable living with the Earth. We coordinate a Spring and Fall Gathering at the Nevada Nuclear Test Site. Events combine education on issues, community and skills building, daily spiritual ceremony and taking personal nonviolent action to break every link in the nuclear chain. HGW is proud to be a member of the Abolition 2000 Global Network. 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