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Navajo uranium
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Western states brace for a uranium boom as the nation looks to recharge its nuclear power industry
The mine operator, Energy Fuels, began trucking its uranium product through Navajo territory in July 2024, but was forced to stop after the tribal government issued an order banning unauthorized transport of radioactive material.
With federal funding cuts in place, tribal radio stations figure out next steps to sustain operations
KYKOTSMOVI, Arizona — When LaDonna Jacket and Kerissa Ben were girls, they remember the school bus driver listening to the radio station KUYI en route to their school on Hopi tribal land. Jacket, 20, lives in Mishongnovi Village on Second Mesa, located on the tribe’s land in northern Arizona. Television signals are not strong enough in the village, but KUYI’s reception is clear and crisp, she explained, making it the source for news and updates for community members.
Families, advocates gather for MMIP Day at Indian Pueblo Cultural Center
Five women draped shawls made from red cloth and blue fringes on five empty chairs placed in front of attendees at an event to recognize missing and murdered Indigenous people. For Tiffany Jiron, executive director of Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women, the shawl ceremony is “powerful” and is needed in spaces like the MMIP Day event held Monday in Albuquerque. kAm“(6 42?
Health Secretary RFK Jr. recognizes Gallup school for physical fitness, food programs
GALLUP — Three rows of students listened to the physical education instructor, then stretched to touch their toes. They followed that with quick jumps while staying in place. The inclusion of physical fitness and how it is taught is the reason Hózhó Academy was recognized Wednesday by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. In remarks during the school assembly, the secretary highlighted the school’s nutritious meals and P.E. program, which follows President John F.
New Mexico to receive extra FBI personnel to investigate cases, including those related to MMIP
FARMINGTON — The FBI is sending additional personnel to various field offices to help investigate cases of violent crimes involving members of tribal nations, including those related to missing and murdered Indigenous people. The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Tuesday that the agency will place 60 personnel in 10 field offices, including Albuquerque. Workers will rotate in 90-day temporary duty assignments over six months. kAm“rC:>6 C2E6D :? p>6C:42? x?5:2?
Indigenous Women Spotlight the Climate Crisis in New Mexico at Gathering Inside the Roundhouse
Share SANTA FE, N.M.—With banners stating, “Water is Our First Environment” and “Honor the Breath of Life” suspended above the rotunda of the Roundhouse, Indigenous women, youth and artists gathered to stand in solidarity and raise awareness about the climate crisis. The focus on the environment was the theme of Indigenous Women’s Day, which was held for the fifth time at the New Mexico Capitol.
Indigenous Women Spotlight the Climate Crisis in New Mexico at Gathering Inside the Roundhouse
SANTA FE, N.M.—With banners stating, “Water is Our First Environment” and “Honor the Breath of Life” suspended above the rotunda of the Roundhouse, Indigenous women, youth and artists gathered to stand in solidarity and raise awareness about the climate crisis. The focus on the environment was the theme of Indigenous Women’s Day, which was held for the fifth time at the New Mexico Capitol.
Indigenous Women Spotlight the Climate Crisis in New Mexico at Gathering Inside the Roundhouse
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A Native American Community Regains Its Rights to Land in a New Mexico National Preserve
JEMEZ PUEBLO, N.M.—Expressions of excitement and relief filled the room as Pueblo of Jemez leaders and community members joined the U.S. Department of the Interior to celebrate a settlement agreement that upholds the pueblo’s entitlement to ancestral land inside the Valles Caldera National Preserve. “This is our church, the Valles Caldera,” Jemez Pueblo Gov.
Traditional foods, threats they face, take center stage at Navajo summit
This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here. Bertha Etsitty spoke in the Navajo language about using traditional cooking methods to mix blue corn meal, water and ash from burned branches and needles of the juniper tree into mush. Blue corn is a staple in traditional Navajo food. It can be used for mush, dumplings or bread.
Biden and Tribal Leaders Celebrate Four Years of Accomplishments on Behalf of Native Americans
WASHINGTON—Tribal leaders and representatives visiting the nation’s capital heard Monday from President Joe Biden how his administration has worked with Indian Country to strengthen Native American communities and further relations between federal agencies and tribal nations. “From day one, my administration, we worked to include Indigenous voices in everything we do,” Biden said on Monday during the final White House Tribal Nations Summit held at the Department of the Interior headquarters.
Traditional Foods, and the Threats They Face, Take Center Stage at Navajo Summit
SHIPROCK, New Mexico—Bertha Etsitty spoke in the Navajo language about using traditional cooking methods to mix blue corn meal, water and ash from burned branches and needles of the juniper tree into mush. Blue corn is a staple in traditional Navajo food. It can be used for mush, dumplings or bread. Etsitty demonstrated each of them during her presentation at the Food Gathering Summit that Diné College’s Land Grant Office held last week in Shiprock.
Traditional Foods, and the Threats They Face, Take Center Stage at Navajo Summit
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Getting out the Native vote counters a long history of keeping tribal members from the ballot box
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz.—As Election Day looms, efforts to get Native Americans to vote have intensified in places where tribal members live. Many of these endeavors are led by people like Sherry Bellson. As people streamed into a Navajo Nation park last weekend to hear Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz speak, Bellson handed out purple signs with the words “NATIVES VOTE.” It was a reminder in blue-and-yellow letters.
Getting Out the Native Vote Counters a Long History of Keeping Tribal Members from the Ballot Box
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz.—As Election Day looms, efforts to get Native Americans to vote have intensified in places where tribal members live. Many of these endeavors are led by people like Sherry Bellson. As people streamed into a Navajo Nation park last weekend to hear Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz speak, Bellson handed out purple signs with the words “NATIVES VOTE.” It was a reminder in blue-and-yellow letters.
Lithium Liabilities: The Howard Center for Investigative Journalism
Your browser does not support the video tag. Mine Your Business The laws that will control America's 21st-century lithium mining boom were written in 1872 – well before concerns arose about drought or water contamination. Try your own hand at becoming a modern-day prospector under the 150-year-old rules. Choose your own strategies as financial, environmental, and regulatory challenges pop up. Can you get a new lithium mine online?
Tribal Members Journey to Washington Push for Reauthorization of Radiation Exposure Compensation Act
Members of tribal nations from Arizona and New Mexico have been in Washington, D.C. this week advocating for the House of Representatives to vote on a bill to reauthorize and expand the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, a federal program that compensates individuals who become ill due to exposure to radioactive materials related to the United States’ nuclear weapons program. Congress passed RECA in 1990.
Apache Group is Carrying a Petition to the Supreme Court to Stop a Mine on Land Sacred to the Tribe
GALLUP, New Mexico—A group of Apache opposing a copper mine in the Oak Flat area of Arizona stopped to make their case in New Mexico on their way to Washington, D.C., where they will file a petition asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear their case against the federal government.
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After Navajo Nation Condemns Uranium Hauling on Its Lands, Arizona Governor Negotiates a Pause
CAMERON, Ariz.—The Navajo Nation doesn’t allow radioactive uranium ore to be transported through its lands without permission, but that’s exactly what a mining company began doing this week on roads administered by the state—which has no such restrictions. Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren told tribal police to stop the trucks, and he issued an executive order Wednesday that called for the company to negotiate a hauling agreement with the tribe before any other trucks enter Navajo land.
In New Mexico, a Walk Commemorates the Nuclear Disaster Few Outside the Navajo Nation Remember
In New Mexico, a Walk Commemorates the Nuclear Disaster Few Outside the Navajo Nation Remember the Navajo Birth Cohort Study, which since 2010 has been looking at the relationship between uranium exposures, birth outcomes and child development on the Navajo Nation. Among the findings is that mothers were deficient in key nutrients for babies’ developing nervous systems.
In New Mexico, a Walk Commemorates the Nuclear Disaster Few Outside the Navajo Nation Remember
RED WATER POND ROAD, New Mexico—As Tony Hood walked along New Mexico Highway 566 last Saturday, he thought about where he was 45 years earlier, when an earthen dam broke at the site of a uranium mill operated by the United Nuclear Corp., releasing 94 million gallons of radioactive water and 1,100 tons of uranium waste across portions of New Mexico, Arizona and the Navajo Nation. Hood was working inside a nearby underground mine owned by the Kerr-McGee Corp. when the dam broke on July 16, 1979.
Tribes and Environmentalists Press Arizona and Federal Officials to Stop Uranium Mining Near the Grand Canyon
Tribes and Environmentalists Press Arizona and Federal Officials to Stop Uranium Mining Near the Grand Canyon This story covers protests about the dangers to people and the environment from uranium mining in Arizona near the Grand Canyon. Most Australians probably don’t know about the dangers to people and the environment from Australian uranium, what countries import it from Australia, or that Australian uranium was (is still?) in use at Fukushima.
Tribes and Environmentalists Press Arizona and Federal Officials to Stop Uranium Mining Near the Grand Canyon
Activists hope to shut down an existing mine within a new national monument and to prevent the transportation of uranium on state and federal roads across Navajo Nation lands. Members of environmental groups stood together in the lobby of the Arizona State Capitol Executive Tower late last month to deliver a petition to Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs, requesting that she stop uranium mining activities near the Grand Canyon National Park.
Tribes and Environmentalists Press Arizona and Federal Officials to Stop Uranium Mining Near the Grand Canyon
PHOENIX—Members of environmental groups stood together in the lobby of the Arizona State Capitol Executive Tower late last month to deliver a petition to Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs, requesting that she stop uranium mining activities near the Grand Canyon National Park.
Navajo Summit Looks at History and Future of Tribe’s Relationship With Energy
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico—The Navajo Nation’s transition from producing fossil fuels to generating renewable energy is going through some growing pains.
Historic Agreement with the Federal Government and Arizona Gives Colorado River Indian Tribes Control Over Use of Their Water off Tribal Land
PARKER, Ariz. — Against a backdrop of the Colorado River, members of the Colorado River Indian Tribes watched Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs and Amelia Flores, the tribe’s chairwoman, sign a historic agreement on April 26 that asserts the tribe’s right to lease portions of their allocation of the river’s water to users away from the tribal land.
Officials Celebrate a New Power Line to Charge Up the Energy Transition in the Southwest
SALOME, Ariz.—While a power line in a remote corner of the desert Southwest might seem like an unusual attraction for national leaders, the completion of a new high-voltage transmission line that will enhance the electric grid in Arizona and California drew both Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, and Tracy Stone-Manning, director of the Bureau of Land Management, to the celebration Thursday, in western Arizona.
This Month’s Superfund Listing of Abandoned Uranium Mines in the Navajo Nation’s Lukachukai Mountains Is a First Step Toward Cleaning Them Up
COVE, Ariz. – In a corner of the Cove Chapter house on March 15, members of the Navajo Nation were silent as they looked at photos the Environmental Protection Agency showed of abandoned uranium mines in the Lukachukai Mountains Mining District during a visit by EPA officials to highlight the area’s placement under the agency’s Superfund program. The mining district is in northeastern Arizona, on land within the Navajo Nation’s Cove, Lukachukai and Round Rock chapters.
Tribes Meeting With Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Describe Harms Uranium Mining Has Had on Them, and the Threats New Mines Pose
Members of five tribes told the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights that Indigenous communities in the United States continue to suffer from the legacy of uranium mining and will face a persisting threat if new proposals for uranium extraction in the West are authorized during a hearing on Feb. 28 about mining to support the nation’s nuclear industry.
Enbridge Wants Line 5 Shutdown Order Overturned on Tribal Land in Northern Wisconsin
Eleven years after easements for a pipeline buried beneath the Bad River reservation in northern Wisconsin expired, five years after the tribe first sounded alarms over the risk of an imminent oil spill into their namesake river and eight months after a federal judge ordered a shutdown, Canadian pipeline giant Enbridge was back in federal court last week arguing that the flow of oil through its 71-year-old Line 5 pipeline be allowed to continue.
Feds Deny Permits for Hydro Projects on Navajo Land, Citing Lack of Consultation With Tribes
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Feds Deny Permits for Hydro Projects on Navajo Land, Citing Lack of Consultation With Tribes Original
Federal officials Thursday denied preliminary permits for multiple pumped storage hydroelectric projects proposed on the Navajo Nation that would have required vast sums of water from limited groundwater aquifers and the declining Colorado River, citing a lack of support from tribal communities.
New Online Dashboard Identifies Threats Posed by Uranium Mines and Mills in New Mexico Original
Over the span of 50 years, New Mexico saw the development of dozens of uranium mines mostly in the northwest part of the state on federal, state, tribal, private or mixed land.
Tribes face an uphill battle to defend their sacred land against lithium mining
Howard Center for Investigative Journalism OROVADA, Nev. – Myron Smart remembers stories told by his father and other tribal elders about the connection between Thacker Pass in Nevada, where a new lithium mine is under construction, and a tragic moment for the Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone. In Northern Nevada near the Oregon border, Thacker Pass was traditionally used by Smart’s ancestors to camp, hunt and gather, collect obsidian and medicine, and perform ceremonies. On Sept.
Howard Center: Tribes in uphill battle against lithium mining
Indianz.Com > News > Howard Center: Tribes in uphill battle against lithium mining Tribes face an uphill battle to defend their sacred land against lithium mining Howard Center for Investigative Journalism OROVADA, Nevada — Myron Smart remembers stories told by his father and other tribal elders about the connection between Thacker Pass in Nevada, where a new lithium mine is under construction, and a tragic moment for the Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone.
Indigenous people navigate abortion access hurdles after Roe v. Wade
Published ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Rachael Lorenzo calls it their “auntie laugh,” a powerful chuckle that lasts long and fills any space. Aunties are prominent figures in Indigenous culture who offer comfort when one needs help. Aunties answer the phone when no one else does. That’s what Lorenzo, who is Mescalero Apache, Laguna and Xicana, does as founder of Indigenous Women Rising, a national fund that covers the costs of abortions – and the traditional ceremonies that follow – for Indigenous people.
Indigenous women navigate abortion access hurdles after Dobbs
(Editor’s note: This article is part of “America After Roe,” an examination of the impact of the reversal of Roe v. Wade on health care, culture, policy and people, produced by Carnegie-Knight News21. For more stories, visit americaafterroe.news21.com. News21 reporters Tori Gantz and Kevin Palomino contributed to this story.) By Noel Lyn Smith and Maddy Keyes | News21 ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Rachael Lorenzo calls it their “auntie laugh,” a powerful chuckle that lasts long and fills any space.
Indigenous women navigate abortion access hurdles post-Roe
Independent health news for Oregon and SW Washington Abortion was never readily available to Indigenous women, and the reversal of Roe v. Wade made it worse. States with some of the nation's largest Indigenous populations also have some of the strictest restrictions on abortion. by | ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Rachael Lorenzo calls it their “auntie laugh,” a powerful chuckle that lasts long and fills any space. Aunties are prominent figures in Indigenous culture who offer comfort when one needs help.
Indigenous unite to navigate abortion access after Supreme Court ruling
ALBUQUERQUE — Rachael Lorenzo calls it their “auntie laugh,” a powerful chuckle that lasts long and fills any space. Aunties are prominent figures in Indigenous culture who offer comfort when one needs help. Aunties answer the phone when no one else does. That’s what Lorenzo, who is Mescalero Apache, Laguna and Xicana, does as founder of Indigenous Women Rising, a national fund that covers the costs of abortions — and the traditional ceremonies that follow — for Indigenous people.
Indigenous people unite to navigate abortion access after Roe
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Indigenous people unite to navigate abortion access after Roe
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Indigenous people unite to navigate abortion access after Roe
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Indigenous people unite to navigate abortion access after Roe
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Rachael Lorenzo calls it their “auntie laugh,” a powerful chuckle that lasts long and fills any space. Aunties are prominent figures in Indigenous culture who offer comfort when one needs help. Aunties answer the phone when no one else does. That’s what Lorenzo, who is Mescalero Apache, Laguna and Xicana, does as founder of Indigenous Women Rising, a national fund that covers the costs of abortions – and the traditional ceremonies that follow – for Indigenous people.
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