Sacred Water Speaks about Peabody Energy water use

[@SO-sz3ks]

My grandmother said there use to be a blue grass that use to grow that was used for flour. Amd some other accounts that the grass use to be knee high as tall as the horses legs.

[@Spagoshi]

I've heard similar stories from all over the Rez. What area are you from? Ahe' hee for watching Raeanna's video? 🤙🏾

[@navajourbandeschinii7300]

Another NIZHONI NIZHONI vlog about Black Mesa coal during operations and at end results of what it brought to the communities in the area.. thanks for sharing yours and there stores.. awesome

[@Spagoshi]

Ahe' hee for watching Raeanna's video, glad you enjoyed it. We have one more coming down the pipeline and get ready to translate! Ha 🤙🏾

[@jackalope4286]

Whe'' eh' ha' jee' jinii' --- there at the end, there's stories of the plant life that sprouted out of the ground and kinship between all living things , Those stories/songs are intertwined with the creation songs, kinship songs, and blessing way songs. Pretty cool this family is living the life 👍 I remember the big rains and big snow before the 23 year drought northern AZ is in right now.

[@Spagoshi]

Hey brother, Ahe' hee for your local insight and yessir, they have a good life living like the old ways. It really brings a peace of mind and keeps the soul in check. I'll be back in the area to listen to more stories and songs. 🤙🏾

[@dezertraider]

THANK YOU

[@Spagoshi]

YOU'RE WELCOME!!!

[@alexisgibson6766]

Very interesting and very educational! 👍

[@Spagoshi]

Aoh' agreed. Glad you enjoyed it! 🤙🏾

[@MrStaybrown]

The royalty of coal from Peabody coalmine to the navajo nation was .50 cents per ton. I remember the saying way back was they're stripping our land, depleting our aquifer for a can of Coca-Cola.

[@Spagoshi]

Heartbreaking and facts. Ahe' hee for watching Raeanna's video!

[@lavernemoreno7168]

Axheha for another informative article- to bring awareness of what great Advocates are saying and doing! Axheha la shi yazzi,

[@Spagoshi]

Glad you enjoyed the video, spread the word and help spread awareness! Ahe' hee 🤙🏾

[@akiyamada2306]

Water is Life #landback #alohaaina

[@beadingbusily]

And it's a right for all, clean, safe free water.

[@Spagoshi]

Agreed!

[@user-rw1ox1kl2p]

Spagoshi. Once again very good content. I love to see when young people are rising to protect the earth. I worked in mining for 40 years. All outside of the 4 sacred mountains. Shiprock, NM dę́ę́ naashá. At one point we treated and created the most pure water to be found in Mexico. Mining has a bad legacy. But some of us did a good job to take care of the earth.

[@Spagoshi]

Thanks for sharing your personal history, what mines did you work at? Do you still reside in the Shiprock area? Ahe' hee for your insights and support 🤙🏾

[@user-rw1ox1kl2p]

@@Spagoshi I worked at mines in Alaska and the Yukon (Diné are up there), other parts of Canada including Nunavut, all over the western US, Mexico, Bolivia, Chile, Peru, Indonesia, and Australia. I mined for gold and silver mostly, but also copper, lead, and zinc. I reside in Northern Utah in retirement. But I was in Shiprock and Farmington this past weekend. Let’s connect sometime. Thanks!!

[@Spagoshi]

Ahe' hee for sharing a bit of your personal life, yes let's connect. Email us at [e-mail] Take care

[@beadingbusily]

Environmental destruction is violence. Thanks for doing this work.

[@Spagoshi]

head over to tonizhoniani.org and support their cause.

[@beadingbusily]

@@Spagoshi Old age for the lifelong disabled is often not glamorous. If it were possible, I would.

[@Spagoshi]

@@beadingbusily understood. I hope you have a great memorial weekend

[@beadingbusily]

@@Spagoshi You too.

[@B.b.b...]

I remember John Prine's song about Mr. Peabody's coal train hauling paradise away. 😞

[@Spagoshi]

I'll have to look that up. Ahe' hee for sharing

[@B.b.b...]

@@Spagoshi Yes, it's called Paradise

[@Spagoshi]

@@B.b.b... Ahe' hee much appreciated

[@B.b.b...]

@@Spagoshi Thank you too, for reminding me of it!

[@wayawolf1967]

Hello to any of my extended family on Black Mesa that might be watching this video. And hello to all.

[@Spagoshi]

I'll pass the word, ahe' hee for your support and comment!

[@peyotephoenix5882]

Water is Life 🌧 and without Mother Earth we would not be . Take care of the One who gives you Life 🌍 All is connected and All is Sacred 🌠

[@Ricart0713]

Hmmm 🤔 Very, Very Interesting 🤔 … I myself have been up in the High Plains and in Chaco Canyon and Black Mesa as well and the vegetation is completely different…. It is true what this young lady is saying… The grass is not the same grass … Reclaiming is what they say they are doing … Hmmm 🤔 ????

[@Spagoshi]

Her data and research paints a clear picture of the disrespect Peabody has done to our land and many others around the country.

[@Ricart0713]

@@Spagoshi WOW …. 😮 💔

[@aarongrreyeyes3070]

What the wrong plants replanted?Hat's off to correspondence and the environmental major. Not sure why other BlackMesa grassroots organization aren't publicize any of reclaim land management plans.

[@Spagoshi]

Agreed, help spread the word and make energy companies accountable. It's the in going struggle since gold and oil were discovered. 🤙🏾

[@BalakaiNDN]

3:25 they did bring jobs and yeah it was a limited amount of jobs but it did stimulate the small economies of the reservation towns so they don't have to travel far off away from home to find good work or rely on tourism to earn money. If you look at towns like Kayenta now compared to when the mines were operating, poverty has worsen in a already impoverished area, and with that there is more crime, drugs, and suicides. You hurt more people then what you save, the NN is being abandoned and more and more people are moving away for work and to thrive. We can not be a Zoo and be dependent on entertaining people who travel here to observe.

[@Merlin-s9e]

That's what the Navajo Nation government Contractors for forty years and we didn't see anything out there know revenue that didn't show that help DINE and keep the Navajo Nation government out there it just to there own pockets not for the people DINE.

[@Spagoshi]

Agreed, do you have any insight on the NN government side of work? I saw some aspect of that when subcontractors would bid on NN projects, their bids were very high due to location and resources but I've never been apart of any energy related projects.

[@AdamKaye-t1g]

Hey to me it sounds like they already broken the cycle more likely disrespecting mother earth and now look what happened:. If only wish I could have said something about it but like anyone who would want to care listen about it lol this time without thinking about it go with the flow never know how it's going go