Tag: Navajo Nation
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Navajo Nation and Colorado uranium mining company agree on ore transport plan
The Navajo Nation has come to terms with the prospect of renewed shipments of uranium ore from the Pinyon Plain mine in northern Arizona through its lands on the way to the last uranium mill in the United States near Blanding, Utah. Two shipments of ore by Lakewood-based Energy Fuels Inc. from the mine on June…
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Legacy of uranium one of sadness and promise
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The legacy of uranium begins with the terrible power that ended World War II and poisoned the Navajo Nation. Its future promises pollution-free, endless energy. The development of the nuclear bombs that destroyed the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and compelled Japan to surrender on Sept. 2, 1945, began in 1939 when physicists Albert…
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How uranium mining affected the Navajo Nation, its people, and its land
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The tragedy of uranium mining on the Navajo Nation
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Navajo Nation grapples with challenges in educating the dangers of radon gas
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The tragedy of uranium mining on the Navajo Nation
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Navajo president issues order blocking transportation of uranium ore through the Navajo Nation
Navajo Nation tribal President Buu Nygren issued an executive order banning the transportation of uranium ore from the Pinyon Plain Mine through reservation property in Arizona. This order follows an appeal sent to President Joe Biden in May asking him to prohibit ore hauling through the reservation, as well as a 2012 law passed by…
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Tipping Point: Colorado River tribes fight for their water rights
Some 10,000 households on the vast Navajo Nation, which covers 27,000 square miles in three states, are still without running water. Native American tribes hold some of the most senior water rights in the Colorado River Basin, but history has shown that having senior water rights and having water are two different realities. The tribes,…