Media

Press releases:

6/9/05 - Snowbowl Appeal Decision: Destruction Of Native Cultures & Environment

4/7/04 - Diné Medicine Men Join With Tribal Leaders
To Save the San Francisco Peaks

3/18/04 -Hopi Tribe’s Cultural Preservation Office to Sponsor On-Reservation March in Support of the Save the Peaks Coalition -

2/13/04 -SAVE THE PEAKS COALITION HOLDS MARCH, PRAYER VIGIL AND PRESS CONFERENCE TO OPPOSE SNOWMAKING AND EXPANSION PLAN - Photos!
Press kit photo - 104k l 555k

2/8/04 -Proposal for ski resort development on mountain sacred to 13 tribes is an issue of human rights.
Save the Peaks Coalition to hold press conference.


News Coverage:

Navajo Nation Press Release Urges Support for Protection of San Francisco Peaks - New!

Commerce and Religion Collide on a Mountainside - New York Times - Oct. 23 - New!

Tribes fight ski area over sacred site - Denver Post - Oct. 18

Yellow snow is like fastfood in Jerusalem - Prescott Daily Courier


Protesters assail former governor's book signing - ASU State Press

Will Peaks become religious monument?
- Arizona Daily Sun - Oct. 9th


Snowbowl development case to hinge on religious rights
- Arizona Daily Sun - Oct. 7th


Tribes criticize Forest Service during hearing on snowmaking
- Arizona Republic - Oct. 7th

Snowbowl construction delayed
07/15/2005
Snowbowl won't perform work until suits settled
07/15/2005

-Work on Snowbowl upgrades set to begin in mid-July

-Sierra Club and Tribes Act to Protect the Peaks from additional development

-B. Babbitt added to Snowbowl legal team

Peaks' sacred essence key to tribes' fight vs. Snowbowl: Forest Service to rule on snowmaking soon
Mark Shaffer
Republic Flagstaff Bureau
Jun. 7, 2005

'Blizzard' of comments delays Snowbowl ruling
By SETH MULLER
Sun Staff Reporter
11/10/2004

Navajo president: Using reclaimed water on sacred peaks is the same as genocide
by Kathy Helms
Diné Bureau - Gallup Independent
04/15/04

Deadline looms for comment on Snowbowl upgrade plan
By SETH MULLER
Sun Staff Reporter
04/13/2004

Saving the Peaks Medicine men speak out
By Kathy Helms
Diné Bureau


Hopi Vice-Chair:The Snow Bowl desecrates, profanes, abuses the heart of Hopi religion.

by Kathy Helms
Diné Bureau
04/8/04

Salvos continue over snowmaking ATTN: The date of the march is March 23rd, not the 25th as stated in this article!
By SETH MULLER
Sun Staff Reporter
03/18/2004

Bruce Babbitt hits slopes in support of upgrade
By SETH MULLER
Sun Staff Reporter
03/18/2004

Toilet bowl water on a sacred site?
Tribe protests ski proposal
The Native American Times - Sam Lewin
3/17/2004

Coalition battles to stop desecration of peaks
By Marley Shebala
The Navajo Times
02/26/2004

Supporters, opponents gather to demonstrate

By SETH MULLER
Sun Staff Reporter
02/26/2004

Draft snowmaking plan draws hundreds
By SETH MULLER
Sun Staff Reporter
02/26/2004

Save the Peaks effort draws 200
S.J. Wilson
The Observer
02/25/04

Groups rally to save sacred peaks
Brenda Norrell / Correspondent / Indian Country Today
02/24/2004

Arizona tribes ready to boycott Flagstaff
Brenda Norrell / Correspondent / Indian Country Today
02/ 23/2004

Could reclaimed water study sway EIS?

"A study on the city of Flagstaff's reclaimed water has found trace levels of organic contaminants such as pharmaceuticals and hormones."
By SETH MULLER
Sun Staff Reporter
02/22/2004

Make it snow
Forest Service right to back Snowbowl plan
Arizona Republic (OPINION)
02/20/04

Navajo Nation president: No Flag boycott in the works
By SETH MULLER
Sun Staff Reporter
02/19/2004

Voices Decry Wastewater On Holy Mountain
Protesters ask 'Is nothing sacred?'
Kathy Helms
Diné Bureau -Gallup Independent
02/17/2004

Native American advocates oppose snowmaking plan
Associated Press
Feb. 15, 2004 12:00 AM

Tribe threatens Flagstaff boycott over snowmaking
By SETH MULLER
Sun Staff Reporter
02/14/2004

Praying for snow, or preserving the sacredness of the Peaks?
By SETH MULLER
Sun Staff Reporter
02/13/2004

American Indian advocates oppose snowmaking plan
February 2004
U.S. Water News Online

Coalition formed to oppose Snowbowl report
By SETH MULLER
Sun Staff Reporter
02/11/2004

Snowbowl EIS reviews mixed
by Sarah J. Bell -NAU LUMBERJACK
February 05, 2004

Draft plan backs Snowbowl upgrade
By SETH MULLER
Sun Staff Reporter
02/03/2004

Profits, religion battle over peaks
by Kelly Watson -NAU LUMBERJACK
November 19, 2003

Hopis fume at wastewater going onto sacred peaks
Kathy Helms
Diné Bureau
12-05-03

Hopi Tribe calls for moratorium on Snowbowl development
Associated Press
Feb. 16, 2003 12:00 AM

SNOWMAKING WILL HAVE IMPACT ON GROUNDWATER
Springer, Schwartzman and Avery
AZ DAILY SUN
01/23/2003

Snowbowl tests multi-use forest
By GARY GHIOTO
Sun Staff Reporter
10/15/2002

Navajos, Hopis speak against Snowbowl plan

By Sararesa Begay
The Navajo Times
TUBA CITY, Ariz. | Dec. 12, 2002

PUMICE MINE THREATENS NAVAJO SACRED MOUNTAIN
www.moles.org
Volume 5, Number 3, February 28, 2000

email: coalition@savethepeaks.org

Feature


Editorial: Tribal sovereignty over Peaks a stretch
Arizona Daily Sun

02/22/2002

Sun Snowbowl editorial sparks protest
Protesters meet with editor and publisher to vent charges of racism
By Lisa Rayner
Tea Party Publisher April 2002

An apology on language, a commitment on coverage

Randy Wilson with Roy Callaway - AZ Daily Sun
03/03/2002

Flagstaff’s Future in the context of snowmaking
Interesting study on this issue.

Audio / Video


Snowmaking Elicits Controversy
KNAU Arizona Public Radio
Anne Minard and Daniel Kraker
02/13/04
Listen with RealAudio

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