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Uranium sickened Navajo who worked in the mines and contaminated the mountains where they hunted, grazed livestock and gathered plants for medicines and ceremonies.
Coverage of tribal natural resources is supported in part by Catena Foundation Rodeo is a world-renowned sport and way of life on the Navajo Nation. The Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association, or PRCA, will soon return to Window Rock at the end of May instead of the Fourth of July weekend.
As spiking uranium prices drive a surge of proposals for new mines, the Navajo Nation joined the Ute Mountain Ute, Havasupai, Northern Arapaho and Oglala Sioux tribes in a commission hearing with federal officials to push back against mining on and near their lands.
Many Native Americans who serve in the U.S. military face post-service challenges. Efforts are underway to better help veterans on the Navajo Nation.
A “Hail Mary” legal tactic by the pipeline company invokes a 1977 pipeline treaty between the U.S. and Canada. The Bad River Band says the treaty is superseded by 1854 tribal treaty rights.