Protest of the Orme Dam

1. My protest is the 10 year long battle of the construction of the Orme Dam and the Yavapai Indian Community of Scottsdale Arizona. In 1968 congress authorized the construction of Orme Dam to be built. The dam would be used to store water in the winter for farmers to use in the summer when rain fall is scarce. If the dam were to be built it would flood 17,000 of the 25,000 acres that was home to the Yavapai Indians. The Yavapai Indians would not be the only ones affected by the dam but also an endangered species; the bald eagle would also loose its habitat. 

2. The identity is tied to the protest because of the Indian People who are fighting for the land are the ones that currently occupy the land. They are the ones who are being shoved to the side. 

3. The first act of protest was an hour long simultaneously sit in at the State Capital in Phoenix and at the Federal Building in Tucson. The second was when the activist from the Yavapai Tribe and Environmentalist made a T-shirt that read "stop orme dam" with a picture of a bald eagle drowning in water. The third and possibly most significant act was when a group of protesters went to Washington, D.C. to march to the State Capital and speak to congress. A 12 year old female named Kimberly Williams spoke to congress about the land and the Indian people who lived on the land. 

4. I think the most trouble I will have with this is connecting my identity and protest together in a clear and concise matter.