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DESCRIPTION:On September 14, 2006 the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San \nFrancisco, 
 California will hear arguments in a legal battle that may decide the future 
 of American Indian religious freedom and the ecological integrity of the 
 San Francisco Peaks, a mountain located in Northern Arizona which is held 
 sacred by over 13 Native American nations. Tribes and environmental groups 
 have unified to halt Arizona Snowbowl’s development plans to expand the 
 current ski area and use treated sewage effluent to make artificial snow on 
 the sacred Peaks.  \n\n(See www.savethepeaks.org and indybay calendar for 
 more info on events taking place on the 13th and 14th in SF).\n\nThis 
 Sunday, speakers from Save the Peaks Coalition and screening of: \n\n"THE 
 SNOWBOWL EFFECT"\nWhen Recreation and Culture Collide\n\nA documentary by 
 Klee Benally\n\nApproximate Run Time: 55 Minutes\n\nThe San Francisco Peaks 
 stand high above the northern Arizona landscape, a forested refuge rising 
 over 5,000 feet above the Colorado Plateau, south of the Grand Canyon and 
 just north of the small city of Flagstaff.\n\nSince time immemorial the San 
 Francisco Peaks have been held sacred by over 13 Native American tribes. 
 These nations have revered "the peaks" as the home of their deities, a 
 place to gather special herbs, a place of emergence and, for tribes like 
 the Navajo and Hopi, this mountain is deeply rooted in essence of their 
 ways of life.\n\nIn spite of strong tribal opposition, The San Francisco 
 Peaks have endured a history of development. Although tribal leaders, 
 environmentalists and then Secretary of the Interior, Bruce Babbitt, 
 successfully stopped mining activities in the late 1990s, the struggles to 
 protect the sacred mountain are not over.\n\nToday, the sacred mountain is 
 part of public lands managed by the U.S. Forest Service, which includes 
 winter recreation in its mission by leasing out 777 acres of the mountain 
 to the Arizona Snowbowl Ski Resort.\n\nThe Snowbowl Effect explores the 
 controversy surrounding the recently proposed ski resort expansion and 
 snowmaking with wastewater on the San Francisco Peaks as Native American 
 tribal officials and spiritual leaders, Forest Service officials, and 
 concerned citizens discuss the issues: sacred lands protection, public 
 health concerns associated with groundbreaking studies on wastewater, 
 economic misconceptions, threats to the environment, global warming and a 
 small community caught in the conflict.\n\nWith input from biologists, 
 economists, tribal officials and traditional practitioners, ski resort 
 representatives, environmentalists and a former U.S. secretary of the 
 Interior, The Snowbowl Effect is a clear and moving documentary that is 
 sure to inspire and inform.\n\nDirector/Editor Klee Benally (Project 
 Director of Indigenous Action Media, Guitarist/Vocalist of the award 
 winning group Blackfire, and dancer with the internationally acclaimed 
 Jones Benally Family) offers a compelling and moving view of\ncontemporary 
 conflicts between the U.S. Forest Service, Native American sacred sites, 
 the environment and business interests. \n\nThe Save the Peaks Coalition 
 was formed to address environmental and human rights issues caused by 
 proposed ski resort development on the the San Francisco Peaks, a mountain 
 in Northern Arizona held sacred by over 13 Native American 
 Nations.\n\nDonations are welcome, but no one is turned away for lack of 
 funds.\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/09/07/18306811.php
SUMMARY:THE SNOWBALL EFFECT, benefit for SAVE THE PEAKS
LOCATION:3030B 16th Street, in front of 16th street BART plaza, \nnear Mission 
 Street
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/09/07/18306811.php
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