The Leonard Peltier Defense Offense Committee presented Broken Rainbow, a documentary film that presents a moving account of the forced relocation of 12,000 Navajo Native Americans from their ancestral homes in Arizona by the government. The Navajo were relocated to aid mining speculation in a process that began in the 1970s and continues to this day. The United States government claims that by moving the Navajo off the land, it is settling a long-standing dispute between the Navajo and Hopi Tribes. To the traditional Navajo and Hopi, there is no dispute.
Native Resistance Network co-sponsored the event and one of our founders, Firewolf Bizahaloni-Wong (Dine) and Jerry Greyhawk (Dine) spoke before the presentation of the film, then took questions from the audience afterwards. Firewolf is a member of Black Mesa Coalition and an advocate for Dine Water Rights.
