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The US Navy will leave Isla Nena by December 31st, 2013, except for personnel and facilities needed for remaining obligations. Isla Nena will continue as an unincorporated territory of the US, with the possibility of applying for commonwealth status in the future. The island will be divided into different areas with designated governance and biodiversity conservation. Cleanup initiatives for unexploded ordnance and chemical contamination will continue, and a Council to Advise on Commercial Activities will be established. The importance of preserving sacred sites and the involvement of local communities will be critical in the decision-making process.
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Isla Nena • The US Navy will leave the island by December 31st, 2013, except for personnel and facilities needed to fulfill any remaining obligations. Isla Nena will continue to be administered as an organized, unincorporated territory of the US (like Guam). Application by Isla Nena for commonwealth status (like Puerto Rico) will be considered as early as 2023, assuming satisfactory progress on social, political, economic and environmental fronts. Amigos
EDR Doma Western portion of the island (storage & radar area) given to the Doma, indigenous (already living there) and former DIE (returning). They should establish a local government. Eastern portion of the island (range area) designated as a biodiversity reserve, under the control of the US Fish and Wildlife Service. An advisory board will be established, with local representatives from both the Doma and EDR. Central part of the island (civilian area) given to the European-descended residents. They also should establish a local government. BAN
Isla Nena As a whole, Isla Nena should establish a government with equal representation from the two major constituencies: Doma and EDR. The government will be entitled to a nonvoting member in the US House of Representatives (similar to Guam). Doma EDR
Cleanup • US Navy will work with POP to clean up all unexploded ordnance and chemical contamination, in accordance with the designation of those areas on the National Priorities List of Superfund sites. This has been going on since 1985 and will continue until the process has been completed. POP
Isla Nena The US will help to establish a Council to Advise on Commercial Activities (CACA). CACA will provide guidance regarding trade agreements with organizations such as BAT and LEFT. The US Navy is willing to provide assistance to BAT and LEFT, in the form of advisors who will sit on their Boards of Directors as they negotiate with the Doma and EDR. We recommend that BAT and LEFT develop pilot programs, with successful implementation serving as a basis for additional development. Doma EDR BAT LEFT
THE ESSELEN AND THE NEW LOS PADRES DAM PROJECT “Our birthing rock they will grind into cement. Our altars they will flood. We must stop it.'‘ Tommy “Little Bear” Nason
The site of the dam is the beginning of our cosmology, the beginning of everything that is sacred to me and my ancestors. Tommy “Little Bear” Nason
The fish altar . . . the baby burial area . . . In addition to a large number of specific sites, the entire course of the Carmel River was viewed as sacred by the Esselen, a spirit trail, along which the spirits of the dead travel on their way to the Western gate, the door to the land of the dead. Nason spoke of how there were many spirits along the river and as a result, “people have powerful visions and dreams here.” --Moore, “Coalition Building” (304)
“Such symbolic-meaning resources are as significant for social movement mobilization as . . . time, money, access to media, services of professional organizers, and other such resources . . They help to ‘psychologically and physically organize, unify, and empower members for collective action.” --Moore, “Coalition Building”(308)
