Myths and Techno-Fantasies: The First Publication of the Black Mesa Defense Fund

(Santa Fe, New Mexicon: Black Mesa Defense Fund, 1971. Softcover. Near Fine. Tabloid. Measuring 11½" x 14¾". 28pp. Loose unstapled sheets in self-wrappers. Near fine with some toning and horizontal crease from being folded, as issued. The first publication issued by the Black Mesa Defense Fund, a group formed by activist Jack Loeffler to assist Hopi and Navajo People's effort to resist the Peabody Coal Company's strip-mining plans in Northern Arizona. Contents include two articles by Loeffer ("The Time of Great Purification" and "Indians Turn Off Power Plant"), along with additional pieces about the dangers of strip mining, the energy crisis, and the depletion of local water sources. While the group's efforts were short-lived, the group was mentioned by Loeffler's friend, Edward Abbey, in his book, *The Monkey Wrench Gang*. Very uncommon. *OCLC* locates two copies; one at Yale and another at Simon Fraser University in Canada.