Gwich'in Land To Be Drilled
Indigenous Environmental Network, International Indian Treaty Council and Greenaction fight to stop the plan to drill for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
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Oil drilling in this beautiful area would violate the human rights of the Gwich'in Native Peoples, would pollute the pristine wilderness of the Arctic Refuge, and would threaten the survival of the porcupine caribou and the Gwich'in.
We ask everybody from all walks of life to sign the Statement of Support (below) for the Gwich'in in their fight against the proposed oil drilling.
Please send your endorsement of this letter by email to supportgwichin@greenaction.org
We declare our support for the Gwich'in People in opposition to the proposal to drill for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. We pledge to help stop the proposed oil drilling which would pollute the Arctic Refuge, desecrate sacred land, and threaten the survival of the porcupine caribou herd and the Gwich'in People.
For tens of thousands of years the Gwich'in - the Caribou People - have lived in harmony with the caribou. The plan to drill for oil in the Arctic Refuge is an unacceptable violation of the human rights of the Gwich'in.
The oil companies and the Bush Administration have no right to destroy indigenous land for the plunder of more polluting fossil fuels.
