2.4 ~ The Stronghold
One night before the HDC meeting, Yunipter visited Sam Woodhouse to interview him on-the-record.
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The Stronghold (and L.E.P. Systems)
[THE FOLLOWING RECORDED STATEMENTS FROM DR. SAMUEL WOODHOUSE WERE CAPTURED ON JUNE 9, 2046. TRANSCRIBED & ENTERED BY YUNIPTER, EMBEDDED INTO THE ENCRYPTION FILES IN 2051. THIS FILE no. <06.09.046/D1.X2.P4> RESIDES HIDDEN WITHIN NFT FILE no. <06.11.046/D3.X2.P4>]
SW: A friend recently said to me, ‘It’s technically not an invasion if your own government invites them in.’ That’s a tough pill to swallow. I used to argue some point about it ever being ‘our own government.’ But compared to now? You should ask Abineau about that. Political science isn’t my forte. Just the systemic hierarchies themselves.
After I share some of this with you I need to finish my report for the presentation tomorrow. But I’m glad to see you. It’s been a long time…
[microphone noise, video angle and focus reset.]
SW: Yup. Okay. I’ll tell you what I can.
The drinking water rations have gotten bad. The gray water rations almost as much. But the five families who control the seven secret wells work together to provide supplemental provisions in an equitable way. Their distribution system is extremely thought out, created with a sophisticated calculation of volume estimates for respective underground aquifers. Networked sensors feed into the new blockchain allocation system. From my take on the math, I think they’re doing a great thing. It’s basically a truncated version of the system I delivered to the stronghold up north.
The Native Americans in the north have surpassed the Alamex in their management efficiencies and dominance over the UNC. I have no idea how they were able to customize and tweak the system so fast. And then execute the plan. That’s always the hard part.
There are many other families, outposts, clans and tribes in the greater Northern Arizona area. We hear of new alliances forming on a regular basis. The four corners region is home to large reservations of Native American land. The Hopi and Navajo have retreated into their expanded territory and fortified their borders and roads.
The UNC tried to strong arm the Navajo Nation and other tribes in the southwest. They responded with measured preparedness. Other reservation lands in the country were easier to surround and extort into a deal with the UNCWC. But what happened in the northern region of the southwest was different. The Navajos joined forces with the Hopi in a surprising display of solidarity. It was unprecedented. Their grievance and attitudes toward each other were less important now, finally considering a new and greater common enemy. Even greater than the US Federal Government, that is.
To the west, the Hualapai and Havasupai tribes made an earlier alliance. Then came their internal water agreements with the Navajo-Hopi to the east. This resulted in new alliances and a self proclaimed expansion of sovereign territory.
Other tribes joined, and by all accounts it was contentious and opaque from our view. Due to geography and other reasons some tribes were cut off, such as the Kaibab to the northwest, and the Zuni in the south. But it’s known that some Zuni and Acoma peoples moved north to join in the Diné Resistance.
Understand, there are over 15 separate tribes and native councils in this southwestern region. The Utes and the Jicarilla-Apaches joined in the east. But many did not agree to forfeit their unitary sovereignty. In the end, we think it was a total of about five tribal systems who joined force with the Diné. But only the white man was worried about these specifics. And likewise the Regional Trident Governor and the Commissioners.
After their agreements were finalized, this new United Tribal Government made themselves well known. Their stronghold now covers a massive amount of land. And the newly formed Tribal Nation is serious about their borders.
The UNC and the National United States Government (NUSG) counted on this never being possible. History dictated as much. That the Tribes could form any unification at all, and then organize it like this was unexpected, especially considering their complicated history. That the Unified Tribes could do it so fast and hold out this long was even more incredible. That the amount of water they control is immense and beyond valuable. That their weaponry and shrewdness matches the white man’s is insulting. It is power. And it is unacceptable to the regional governments.
"Just as then and now again," Yuni broke in to offer her understanding of the history. "Say more about the NUSG. How did that structure come out of the USA?" She’ll edit out her interjections before publishing the finalized holographic recording into the encryption set.
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