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The Navajo Nation has approved emergency legislation meant to strengthen a tribal law that regulates the transportation of radioactive material across the largest Native American reservation in ...
The Abandoned Uranium Mines on the Navajo Nation were established as a Superfund site in 1994 in response to a Congressional hearing brought by the Navajo Nation on November 4, 1993. This hearing included the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Department of Energy (DOE), and the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA).
A uranium producer has agreed to temporarily pause the transport of the mineral through the Navajo Nation after the tribe raised concerns about the possible effects that it could have on the ...
It notes the 1930s permission given to companies to develop resources, [2] as government scientists declared the land as "barren" and started efforts to reduce Navajo Nation's cattle numbers. 1940s accounts of history note the rise in global demand for uranium for nuclear power, 1950s discovery of uranium by Navajo shepherd Paddy Martinez ...
Two organizations, Utah Navajo Downwinders Association and the Arizona Downwinders Association, were formed with Diné CARE's assistance, and along with the Eastern Agency RECA reform coalition, the Post 71 Navajo Uranium Miners Association, and the Kayenta Chapter RECA reform effort, the RECA reform group of the Navajo Nation was assembled. [14]
The Navajo Nation planned Tuesday to test a tribal law that bans uranium from being transported on its land by ordering tribal police to stop trucks carrying the mineral and return to the mine ...
In April 2006, Navajo Nation Council Speaker Lawrence Morgan faced a charge of criminal battery when he struck Council Delegate Mark Maryboy. Navajo Council Speaker Morgan struck Maryboy in the chest in the Navajo Chamber's men's bathroom after Maryboy made a complaint to the speaker that he didn't help Maryboy bring up legislation that had ...
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