Tag: San Francisco Peaks

  • Indigenous Peoples Denied Access to Sacred Site as Ski Area Opens with Sewage Snow

    Indigenous Peoples Denied Access to Sacred Site as Ski Area Opens with Sewage Snow

    Flagstaff, AZ — Continuing years of ecological destruction, threats to public health, and desecration and assault on Indigenous Peoples’ ways of life, Arizona Snowbowl ski area opened last week with snow made from millions of gallons of 100% treated sewage. Police blockaded parts of the San Francisco Peaks, a mountain in Northern Arizona held sacred…

  • Protests as Arizona Snowbowl Opens with 100% Treated Sewage Snow on Sacred Site

    Protests as Arizona Snowbowl Opens with 100% Treated Sewage Snow on Sacred Site

    FLAGSTAFF, AZ — On Friday, November 28, 2014, more than 50 people rallied and marched as Arizona Snowbowl ski area opened with snow made from 100% treated sewage on the sacred San Francisco Peaks. With no natural snowfall, Snowbowl had a mere 3 out of 40 ski runs open. People came from Prescott and Kayenta,…

  • Waste Water

    Waste Water addresses the concerns surrounding the use of reclaimed water in Flagstaff. The use of treated sewage effluent impacts Native American’s religious freedoms and poses immanent human health and ecological threats. This film sheds light on the truth behind Flagstaff’s wastewater treatment facilities and what the community is finding in its water supply. For…

  • Mystery of Life

    If you want to understand environmental racism in the United States, the Grand Canyon National Park in northwest Arizona makes a good base camp for exploring US policy as it plays out across the indigenous landscape. From the harnessing of the Colorado River via the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s Glen Canyon Dam to the coal-fired…

  • Calling all Defenders: Mobilize for the San Francisco Peaks!

    Calling all Defenders: Mobilize for the San Francisco Peaks!

    Calling all defenders: Plans are underway for a nationwide protest in defense of the San Francisco Peaks in north central Arizona! Please see the press release below for details. For more than 2 months, Indigenous and non-indigenous activists have been organizing protests, prayer vigils and other non-violent actions to protect the San Francisco Peaks. Thanks…