The grand canyon an awesome spectacle of nature with a poisoned human legacy uranium mining here during the cold war has left a long term impact on the health of the local population. We used to have the largest birthrate in the nation and now we find we have the highest birth defect. And now there are fears that the Trump Administration could end the moratorium on uranium mining near the grand canyon. Environmental activists here fear the worst one second Salmon Nation happens theres no way to take it that. Cold war uranium mining also left a toxic legacy in germany communities in what was communist east germany still face the repercussions of contamination. Just. Watched. This woman is praying to her ancestors for help. Diana you call is a member of the smallest native american tribe in the u. S. The have a supply. For them red butte hill or clenched fist mountain near the grand canyon is a sacred site diana comes here regularly to collect sage brush a plant that said to ward off evi
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The photography by Mary F. Calvert was supported by the Pulitzer Center and funding from the Lena Grant sponsored by HumanEYES USA and WPOW (Women Photojournalists of Washington)
If, as widely expected, New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland survives her U.S. Senate confirmation hearing Tuesday and is sworn in as secretary of the interior, she will make history as the first Native American ever to serve in a presidential Cabinet.
But representation is only half the battle. From day one, Haaland will also be expected to address a festering backlog of problems left behind by predecessors who lacked her perspective as a citizen of the Laguna Pueblo, one of America’s 574 federally recognized tribes.
closed off or put a padlock on it so we can t get the water from the. because some of the windmills there the water the water table and the meat is poisoned or. contaminated by uranium arsenic order ph levels too high. so. dustin is a photographer and an activist. he is also involved in the fight to stop canyon mine from reopening. frustrated with the authorities dustin and his fellow campaigners interrupt the mine operators transportation or hauling routes. hole no is an indigenous lead volunteer group in addition to spreading awareness of the issues they want to prevent iranian from canyon mine being transported through the middle of the reservation to a processing plant. justin s grandmother cecilia joe is proud of his commitment