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A Navajo cattle-raising family is calling for oversight after an oil spill in Shiprock, New Mexico

Coverage of tribal natural resources is supported in part by Catena FoundationBeverly Maxwell is busy tending to her menagerie of farm animals atop her hilly homestead overlooking an 1,800-foot-tall monadnock, known by most as Shiprock Peak.

This Month's Superfund Listing of Abandoned Uranium Mines in the Navajo Nation's Lukachukai Mountains Is a First Step Toward Cleaning Them Up

Uranium sickened Navajo who worked in the mines and contaminated the mountains where they hunted, grazed livestock and gathered plants for medicines and ceremonies.

Tribal members discuss the impacts of uranium industry

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights heard about the contamination of Native American lands by uranium extraction and milling during a thematic hearing on Wednesday in Washington D.C. The commission streamed the hearing on its website as well as YouTube. Eric Jantz with New Mexico Environmental Law Center told the commission at the start of

Melvin Yazzie honored for 35 years working with abandoned mines, education on Navajo Nation

TSE BONITO, N.M. On Feb. 5, the Resource and Development Committee (RDC) honored Melvin H. Yazzie for his dedication and years of service with the Navajo Nation Division of Natural Resources (NNDNR) Abandoned Mine Lands Reclamation Department (NNAML).