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A benefit concert for the Sovereign Dineh Nation is taking place at the House of Blues in Los Angeles on January 17th. Doors open at 8pm, music at 9. Tickets are $25. Big names on the bill include Indigenous and John Trudell. Rumor has it that Stevie Wonder may show up. The event is part of the annual Martin Luther King / House of Blues Foundation awards.

Black Mesa Indigenous Support (BMIS) will be bringing a van, rented by SOL COmmunications and 6-8 Dineh to Los Angeles for one week. During that week the elders will be participating in a press conference, radio shows, the concert and ceremony. They may or may not be traveling on to San Francisco to attend the Many Beads court. The Many Beads case has been going on for years.

Black Mesa Indigenous Support needs gas money and transportation money for the trip to Los Angeles and especially a trip to San Fransico from LA. Funding beyond Los Angeles has not been obtained. BMIS is also looking for a modem for their Mac computer that they just received in order to be able to email and participate in the Big Mountain list as we all do. Updates from them would be extremely beneficial to all of us.

BMIS is the front line support group when all else fails at Big Mountain. In the past other groups such as SOL have had to call Flagstaff support (of which BMIS is now) to get things done when no one else could. They have always come through and somehow remain out of the politics. I sincerely hope that BMIS finds the tools they need to get the elders through the winter. They go up on the mountain each weekend, cutting wood, herding sheep, being a taxi or whatever they are asked. Please support this group. Their number is 520 773-8086. Leave a message for Dixie or Daniel. They also need a four wheel drive truck.

--Mauro Deoliveira
SOL Communications
Email: meyesol@eudoramail.com
Phone: 1-888-41PRAYER