Dooda Fracking in Dinetah!

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The issue of fracking isn’t just an issue of raping of the earth mother, there is also sexual violence and other social disparities that follow these oil workers who work vigorously.

The correlation between the workers, “men’s camp”, and gender violence seems pretty clear. Same thing happen to Native peoples during the Spanish conquest in their search for cities of gold. This just goes to show the importance of history and it inevitably repeats itself.

We also see it happening with our sister nations among First Nations, the Dakotas, Montana, and alongside any Native Nation bordering the Keystone XL Pipeline.

Colonization of the land and bodies to demean the dignity of tribes was enforced through the penetration of our women. This deeply affects community moral, especially for men, and has lead to generational trauma that continues today. 

Quote from the Durango Herald

Encana Corp. plans to pour $250 million to $450 million into drilling oil wells on New Mexico’s side of the San Juan Basin next year, the company says.

The Canadian company has aggressively pursued San Juan Basin oil, drilling about 30 wells to date. The drilling is concentrated near Huerfano, N.M., southeast of Farmington.

“Our strategy really is to shift our portfolio more towards oil, so we’re really focusing on areas where we can do that, and the San Juan’s one of those,” said Doug Hock, a Denver-based spokesman for the company.

Encana plans to operate two to four drilling rigs in the area in 2014, according to a company presentation. The wells cost $4 million to $5 million each and have shown initial production rates of 400 to 500 barrels per day.

The booming oil activity south of the border stands in contrast to slowly proceeding development in the Colorado portion of the San Juan Basin.

Quote from The Navajo Times

Fracturing, or "fracking," is the process of drilling and injecting a mixture of water, sand and chemicals into the ground at high pressure to crack shale formations and unlock oil and gas.

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The process is controversial because fracking releases methane gas and other toxic chemicals, which can contaminate nearby groundwater. This can be especially dangerous on the 56 million acres of Indian land in the country. On the more isolated reservations like the Navajo Nation, people and livestock depend on well water for drinking, cooking and washing.

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"It is critical to the continued growth of the Navajo Nation's economy to continue oil and gas resource development on Navajo lands," he said. "These activities contribute not only to the Nation's self-sufficiency, but also to the energy security of the United States."

There are no fracking operations on the Navajo Nation, but the tribe is active in oil and gas exploration. It owns and operates an 87-mile crude oil pipeline and is a retail and wholesale distributor of refined petroleum products.