Tribes Call on NASA to Halt the Moon’s Desecration
I n an article published in Barn Raiser on February 29, the Coalition of Large Tribes, or COLT , and the Navajo Nation , a member of the organization, ask if NASA is using a public-private lunar-development partnership to avoid consultation with Native nations. Of particular concern to the tribes were the human and animal remains NASA and its partners tried to send to the moon on January 8 . To see the full article and learn more about the tribal nations’ views and the fate of the mission, go here . Those explaining the tribes’ objections to the benighted lunar mission include President Buu Nygren of the Navajo Nation, seen at right with U.S. President Joe Biden, and OJ Semans, executive director of COLT and a citizen of the Rosebud Sioux Nation. In the photo below, Semans is at far right; from right to left are his wife, Barb Semans, a leading voting-rights advocate who is also from Rosebud and a co-director of Four Directions Native Vote, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris,