'저는 그들의 땅을 지키기 위하여 싸웠던 인디안들의 이야기를 기억합니다. 백인들이 그들의 신성한 숲에 도로를 만들기 위하여 나무들을 잘랐습니다. 매일밤 인디안들이 나가서 백인들이 만든 그 길을 해체하면 그 다음 날 백인들이 와서 도로를 다시 짓곤 했습니다. 한동안 그 것이 반복되었습니다. 그러던 어느날, 숲에서 가장 큰 나무가 백인들이 일할 동안 그들 머리 위로 떨어져 말과 마차들을 파괴하고 그들 중 몇몇을 죽였습니다. 그러자 백인들은 떠났고 결코 다시 오지 않았습니다….' (브루스 개그논)





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Friday, March 11, 2011

Text Fwd: We Are Guåhan - Fight to Save Pågat Village Far From Over

* Text fwd from Martha Duenas on March 10, 2011

Pacific News Center
"We Are Guåhan" - Fight to Save Pågat Village Far From Over

News Release
Thursday, 10 March 2011 08:13

Guam - "We Are Guahan has released the following statement in reaction to the the signing of the Programmatic Agreement Wednesday:

DoD’s plans to build 5 firing ranges at the area surrounding Pågat Village were approved by Governor Calvo yesterday. The signing of the Programmatic Agreement (“PA”) allows DoD to begin work on its $7.2 million dog kennels, military wharf improvements and behind the fence infrastructure projects. These projects, along with approximately 150 other construction projects, were put on hold because DoD was unwilling to reconsider its decision to “acquire” more land around and above the ancient village of Pågat for its firing range complex.

The signing of the PA shows that 6 months after the Record of Decision, DoD still refuses to consider any location other than Pågat Village for the site of its 5 firing ranges. These violations of law are the basis of the lawsuit filed by We Are Guåhan, the Guam Preservation Trust and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. “The fight to save Pågat Village did not end yesterday. DoD will have to answer for breaking the law in court,” says Attorney Leevin T. Camacho, a member of We Are Guåhan. “The signing of the PA does not change that."

The PA remains silent on what DoD considers to be “Pågat Village” or how DoD plans on giving safe access to the area with .50 caliber machine guns being fired overhead. “At some point, we all have to ask ourselves: what kind of Guam do we want to leave for our children and for our grandchildren,” says We Are Guåhan member Cara Flores-Mays. “Times may be hard. But there is no amount of money that can buy back our land or our culture.”
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See also

Pacific News Center
Programmatic Agreement Signed
News Release
Wednesday, 09 March 2011 14:28

Stars and Stripes
Guam, US Military Agree on Plan to Build Firing Ranges on Ancestral Land
Travis Tritten
March 9, 2011
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