PETITION
TO THE GOVERNMENT LEADERS OF THE REPUBLIC OF MEXICO AND THE STATE OF CHIHUAHUA WRITTEN BY LARRY L. BARON and JEFF ALLDER, Attorney at Law
REGARDING A CULTURAL BIOSPHERE FOR THE TARAHUMARA INDIANS OF CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO
ENDORSED BY:
GRUPO CULTURAL HISPANO DE RUIDOSO, Julie Bustamente-President
AARDVARK STORAGE UNITS, Angus, NM
LIVING GREEN, San Francisco, CA
JANROWE CUSTOM GRAPHICS, Ruidoso NM
HANS-JOACHIM KOEHL, Architect Designer, Belleview, ILL
THE PERKY PRESS, El Paso, TX
MAC-A-BEE Gifts of the Southwest, Cle Elum, WA
TEXAN BOOKS, Blanco, TX
MAT PEREZ, Retired FBI CHIEF, NM
MOUNTAIN MEMORIES, Ruidoso, NM
RUIDOSO VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
YAGE TRIBAL ARTS, Nashville, TN
BENTLEY’S, El Paso, TX
SANTA FE SUNSETS, Santa Fe, NM
MIKE MCKINNEY, Retired Texas 4-H President
MCMILLANS FINE FURNITURE
KARL CAMPBELL AUCTION & REALTY, Anton, TX
CREATIVE PARTNERS, Ruidoso NM
ROSE FURNITURE, Ruidoso NM
RUIDOSO BUS STATION
FOXES YURT SALES & RENTALS, Ruidoso NM
SINO Chinese World American Trade Association, China
DOLPHIN LOGISTICS World Shipping Company, China
WHEREAS, the Tarahumara Indians have lived in the Copper Canyon region of the state of Chihuahua for 2000 years and continue to live there with traditions, customs, survival mechanisms, and religion, little changed over that entire period; and
WHEREAS, in the words of Bennett & Zingg, the Tarahumara have proved a valuable group for study because a simple American Indian culture still functions among them in a large tribal entity. “Super-imposed on this native culture is a thin veneer of Spanish-Indian elements which can be separated with considerable certainty from the pre-Spanish elements;@ [1] and
WHEREAS, other great societies, including the Mimbres, the Mesa Verdeans, the Hohokum, and the Mogollon - all of the Gran Chichimeca area, which stretches over 2,700,000 square kilometers from the North American Pacific coast across northwestern Mexico and southwestern United States as far as present day central Chihuahua to the Tropic of Cancer and west Texas - all suffered collapse, dispersion, reorganization, or abandonment, and do not exist today; and
WHEREAS, the Tarahumara are worthy of our respect and our study not just for their own fascinating culture, but also as the last remaining active society from which scholars can see evidence of the transmittal of ideas across the the Gran Chichimeca area by virtue of the prehistoric significant Uto-Aztecan language shared by its inhabitants;[2] and,
WHEREAS, the magnificent Tarahumara are, in our modern age, confronted by the encroachment of non-Indian people into their remaining homeland; are exploited by those who would make a spectacle of their society for a fast profit; are manipulated by still others who would employ them in the furtherance of illegal endeavors; and ignored, unacknowledged, or disregarded by so many of us who have the collective power to protect them and their ancient way of life; and
NOW THEREFORE, the undersigned individuals, who are members of the FRIENDS OF THE TARAHUMARA INDIANS, or who sign this petition as friends of said organization, call upon the government officials of the Republic of Mexico and the State of Chihuahua, to move with all speed to enact legislation and to otherwise promote, the creation of a cultural biosphere, a designated area consisting of or existing within, the present day living area of the Tarahumara Indians in Copper Canyon, Chihuahua.
A cultural biosphere would be a region in which the Tarahumara could live among themselves only, in the manner they have maintained for thousands of years, under the protection of the Mexican government, but with as little outside interference in their lifestyle as possible. The undersigned urge the public officials of Mexico to act quickly, and, if desirable and possible, to engage the assistance of the international community of nations, in the protection of the Tarahumara and in the process of establishing and maintaining a cultural biosphere as called for in this petition.
[i]Tarahumara Indian Tribe of Northern Mexico, 1935, Bennett & Zingg, 1935
[ii] (HBNAI, Vol.9 Smithsonian)
In order to understand the meaning of Cultural Biosphere, please pull up Yanomamo Indian Biosphere on your computer. They are the last and largest warrior class Indian in the world.
In order to understand what has been happening and still is happening to the Tarahumara, the last primitive Indians in North America, please pull up: Mexico’s Own Death Valley by Andrew Ross (7 pages)
To be aware of the extension of the cartels and how they are now affecting your life, please see: Mexican Cartels Drug Organizations – extending to reach farther into the US! – Associated Press Interactive: Mexican Drug Cartel
From last reports the UN is now moving into Juarez, Mexico.
See El Paso Times, November 13, 2009 – “UN Peacekeepers Sought for Juarez”
Also, see El Paso Times, November 22, 2009 – “Mexico Merchants Flee Crime, settle in El Paso”
Also, see http://www.channelnewsasia.com November 22, 2009 – “Mexican Leaders Call for UN Help in Ciudad Juarez
In order to visually see the diffusion directly into the US, please see Mexico’s Drug Cartel:
http://hosted.ap.org/specials/interactives/_international/mexican_cartels/index.html?SITE=TXELP
2500 Red Barets ( equivalent to our Green Barets) into Juarez: http://www.elpasotimes.com/newupdated/ci_13855191
Mexico’s Own Death Valley by Andrew Ross:
http://www.arossphoto.com/articles/Mexicos_Own_Death_Valley/index.php
Mail to: Larry Baron - PO Box 1803 - Alto, NM 88312 - lbaron47@gmail.com
This petition can also be signed electronically, without address or phone number at: http://www.lebaronsprimitives.com
Dark areas indicate where more murders have taken place. Notice Copper Canyon is right in the middle of all of the chaos. See articles on Tarahumara Indian killings by the Narco traffickers.
SUGGESTED BIOSPHERE LOCATION FOR THE TARAHUMARA INDIANS -
ALL OPTIONAL SUGGESTIONS WELCOME!
PETICIÓN A LOS LÍDERES DEL GOBIERNO DE LA REPÚBLICA DE MÉXICO Y DEL ESTADO DE CHIHUAHUA
POR
MIEMBROS Y AMIGOS DE LOS INDIOS DE TARAHUMARA
EL MIRAR
UNA BIOSFERA CULTURAL PARA
INDIOS DE CHIHUAHUA, MÉXICO DE TARAHUMARA
MIENTRAS QUE, los indios de Tarahumara han vivido en la región de cobre de la barranca del estado de Chihuahua por 2000 años y continúan viviendo allí con tradiciones, costumbres, los mecanismos de la supervivencia, y la religión, poco el excedente cambiante que período entero; y
MIENTRAS QUE, en las palabras de Bennett y de Zingg, el Tarahumara ha probado a grupo valioso para el estudio porque una cultura india americana simple todavía funciona entre ellos en una entidad tribal grande. “Sobrepuesta en esta cultura nativa es una chapa fina de los elementos Español-Indios que se pueden separar con certeza considerable de los elementos pre-Españoles;@ [1] y
MIENTRAS QUE, otras grandes sociedades, incluyendo el Mimbres, el Mesa Verdeans, el Hohokum, y el Mogollon - toda la área de Gran Chichimeca, que estira sobre 2.700.000 kilómetros cuadrados de la costa pacífica norteamericana a través de México del noroeste y de Estados Unidos al sudoeste por lo que Chihuahua central actual y Tejas del oeste - todo el derrumbamiento, dispersión, reorganización, o abandono sufrida, y no existen hoy; y
MIENTRAS QUE, el Tarahumara es digno de nuestro respecto y de nuestro estudio no apenas para su propia cultura fascinadora, pero también como la sociedad activa restante pasada de quien los eruditos pueden ver la evidencia de la transmisión de ideas a través el área de Gran Chichimeca en virtud de la lengua significativa prehistórica de Uto-Aztecan compartió por sus habitantes;[2] y,
MIENTRAS QUE, el Tarahumara magnífico, en nuestra edad moderna, es enfrentado por la usurpación de la gente no-India en su patria restante; son explotados por los que harían un espectáculo de su sociedad para un beneficio rápido; son manipulados por otros inmóviles que los emplearían en el fomento de esfuerzos ilegales; y no hecho caso, unacknowledged, o desatendido por tan muchos de nosotros que tienen la energía colectiva de proteger los y su manera de la vida antigua; y
AHORA POR LO TANTO, los individuos infrascritos, que son miembros del AMIGOS DE LOS INDIOS DE TARAHUMARA, o quién la muestra esta petición como amigos de la organización dicha, invita a oficiales del gobierno de la república de México y del estado de Chihuahua, para moverse con toda la velocidad para decretar la legislación y a de otra manera promueva, la creación de una biosfera cultural, un área señalada que consiste en o que existe dentro, área hoy que vive de los indios de Tarahumara en la barranca de cobre, Chihuahua.
Una biosfera cultural sería una región en la cual el Tarahumara podría vivir entre sí mismos solamente, de la manera que han mantenido para los millares de años, bajo protección del gobierno mexicano, pero con como poca interferencia exterior en su forma de vida como sea posible. El impulso infrascrito los funcionarios de México de actuar rápidamente, y, si es deseable y posible, de contratar la ayuda de la comunidad internacional de naciones, en la protección del Tarahumara y en curso de establecer y mantener una biosfera cultural según lo llamado para en esta petición.
[i]Tribu india de Tarahumara de México norteño, de 1935, de Bennett y de Zingg, 1935
[ii] (HBNAI, Vol.9 Smithsonian)
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