Revision of The Longest Walk II from March 10, 2008 - 7:57am

I have added this video to the call-out that I received from a friend in the southwest. Please pass it along.

Hope everyone is well. I have a good friend by the name of Awktenna
(Harry) Riverbottom. I have shared an interview with him in it with all
of you in the past. He is a Native American Activist and he telephones
me every now and then and shares different activist movements going on.
Lately, he reminds me to spread the word about the longest walk that is
happening right now and I am very happy to do so.

Quoted info from the website:

"On Feb. 11th, Longest Walk participants embarked on a 5 month journey
from San Francisco to Washington, D.C. arriving on July 11th, 2008. The
Longest Walk south route is being led by AIM co-founder Dennis J. Banks.
It is an extraordinary grassroots effort on a national level to bring
attention to the environmental disharmony of Mother Earth, sacred site
issues, and to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the original longest
walk."

There is a Southern and a Northern Route.

The purpose of the Southern route is to continue and carry the message
from the Longest Walk of 1978: "The Longest Walk is an Indian spiritual
walk, a historical walk; and it is a walk for educational awareness to the
American and the world communities about the concerns of American Indian
people." The Longest Walk 2 is walking to create awareness about the
environment. We are walking to protect sacred sites in our country. We are
walking to promote positive change in our world.

"The Longest Walk 2 is a peaceful, spiritual effort to engage with the
public about restoring harmony with the environment by leading an effort
to clean up the lands surrounding our highways. We will be launching The
Clean Up Mother Earth Campaign where our Longest Walk participants will
work together to clean up our country's highways and roads by collecting
debris found along the Longest Walk route. This monumental task will
engage Walkers in a global effort at a grassroots level to promote harmony
with our delicate environment. A rotating team of walkers will pick up
trash along the way with trash pokers leaving a healthy trail in their
path."

You can find out more info here: http://www.longestwalk.org

For those who won't click the website, because you're very busy (which i'm
guilty of from time to time *happy laughter*) I have copied and pasted the
North and South routes so that you can get involved if you're in the area
when they come through your town.

Love for the land,

Love and solidarity for peace,

Love for the people,
-T

"You can tell how high a society is by how much of its garbage is recycled."
—Dhyani Ywahoo
(Native American)

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South Route Itinerary

Needles Fort Mojave
2 6-Mar Rest day
4 7-Mar Rest Day
5 8-Mar Fort Mojave, AZ Bullhead City, AZ
6 9-Mar Bullhead City, AZ Golden Valley/Kingman, AZ
7 10-Mar Golden Valley/Kingman, AZ Valentine/Peach Springs Hualapai
8 11-Mar Rest Day
9 12-Mar Rest Day
10 13-Mar Valentine/Peach Springs Hualapai Havasupai/Hill Top
11 14-Mar Havasupai/Hill Top Seligman, AZ
12 15-Mar Seligman, AZ Ash Fork, AZ
13 16-Mar Ash Fork, AZ Williams, AZ
14 17-Mar Williams, AZ Valle, AZ
15 18-Mar Rest Day
16 19-Mar Valle, AZ Red Butte, AZ
17 20-Mar Rest Day
18 21-Mar Red Butte, AZ San Francisco Peaks
19 22-Mar Rest Day
20 23-Mar Rest Day
21 24-Mar San Francisco Peaks Camp Verde/Yavapai Apache
22 25-Mar Rest Day
23 26-Mar Camp Verde/Yavapai Apache Flagstaff, AZ
24 27-Mar Rest Day
25 28-Mar Rest Day
26 29-Mar Flagstaff, AZ Leupp, AZ
27 30-Mar Leupp, AZ Bird Spring, AZ
28 31-Mar Bird Spring, AZ Oil Kon, AZ
29 1-Apr Oil Kon, AZ Greaswood, AZ
30 2-Apr Greaswood, AZ Ganado, AZ
31 3-Apr Ganado, AZ Window Rock, AZ
32 4-Apr Rest Day
32 5-Apr Rest Day

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North Route Itinerary

Mar. 10-11
Fremont Junction to Green River ----- Hwy 50

Mar. 12
Green River to Crescent Junction ----- Hwy 50

Mar. 13
Crescent Junction to Cisco ----- Hwy 50

Mar. 14
Cisco to Fruita----- Hwy 50

Mar. 15
Fruita to Grand Junction ----- Hwy 50

Mar. 16
Grand Junction to Delta----- Hwy 50

Mar. 17-18 -----Rest-----

Mar. 19
Delta to Montrose----- Hwy 50

Mar. 20
Montrose to Cimarron----- Hwy 50

Mar. 21
Cimarron to Gunnison-----Hwy 50

Mar. 22-24
Gunnison ,Doyleville, Monarch, Garfield,
Maysville, Poncha Springs, Salida, Howard,
Coaldale, Cotopaxi, Canon City-----Hwy 50

Mar. 25
Canon City to Pubelo----- Hwy 50

Mar. 26-28-----Rest -----

March 29th
Pueblo to Avondale ----- Highway 50

March 30
Avondale to Fowler ----- Highway 50

March 31
Fowler to Rocky Ford ----- Highway 50

April 1
Rocky Ford to La Junta ----- Highway 50

April 2
La Junta to Las Animas ----- Highway 50

April 3
Las Animas to Lamar ----- Highway 50

April 4-6
Sand Creek

April 7
Lamar to Holly ----- Highway 50

Kansas

April 8
Holly to Syracuse ------ Highway 50

April 9
Syracuse to Lakin ----- Highway 50

April 10
Lakin to Garden City ----- Highway 50

April 11
Garden City to Cimarron ----- Highway 50

April 12
Cimarron to Dodge City ----- Highway 50

April 13
Dodge City to Greensburg ----- Highway 154 /54

April 14
Greensburg to Pratt ----- Highway 54

April 15
Pratt to Kingman ----- Highway 54

April 16-17
Kingman to Wichita ----- Highway 54

April 18
Wichita to Newton ----- Interstate- 135-N

April 19
Newton to Florence ----- Highway 50

April 20
Florence to Strong City ----- Highway 50

April 21
Strong City to Emporia ----- Highway 50

April 22-27 Rest Days

April 28
Emporia to Topeka ----- Highway 50 - 75 North

April 29-30
Topeka to Lawrence -Haskell Indian College
Highway 40 -N170 Rd. 10 Highway, West Clinton Pkwy, Haskell Ave.

May 1
Lawrence- Haskell to Kansas City, Ks. ----- Interstate 70-Highway 40

And between May and July 2008 the North route will also stop in Mo, IL,
IN, OH, WV, PA, and MD

Check here for North Route Details:
http://longestwalk.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id...

Thanks for your interest everyone. :)