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