No uranium-specific emergency plan exists for Navajo Nation as shipments loom
Uranium has long been a concern for the Navajo Nation due to the history of mining, which has deeply impacted the land and community since the 1940s. The Arizona Mirror traveled the 320-mile route ...
Navajo Nation leaders raise alarm over reports of Indigenous people being questioned and detained during immigration sweeps
At least 15 Indigenous people in Arizona and New Mexico have reported being stopped at their homes and workplaces, questioned ...
Navajo Nation Speaker Crystalyne Curley wins a second term, vows to push water agreement
Curley was first elected speaker two years ago as a freshman council member. She was the first woman elected to the post.
Uranium ore shipments will resume after Navajo Nation, Energy Fuels reach agreement
The agreement that will allow the mining company to ship ore from its mine near the Grand Canyon to a mill in Utah.
Uranium transport to Utah across the Navajo Nation will resume after agreement struck with tribe
The Navajo Nation and Energy Fuels Inc., the owner of the White Mesa Mill in Blanding, have reached an agreement for the ...
Family to bury Phoenix man in Navajo Nation after hit-and-run death, investigation continues
The case has seemingly few clues and the family has little means to return man's remains to their Navajo homeland in New ...
Shipments of uranium ore can resume under agreement reached with the Navajo Nation
The Navajo Nation has reached a settlement with a mining company that clears the way for transportation of uranium ore across ...
Navajo Nation leaders address reports of ICE detaining tribal citizens
Social media reports of Navajo citizens being detained by ICE prompted Navajo leaders to explore ways to protect their people ...
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After uranium transport deal, Navajo Nation says negotiations were best way to avoid legal battle
A Navajo Nation official said the agreement with the company, which began the transports over objections by the tribe and ...
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Navajo Nation leaders raise alarm over reports of Indigenous people being questioned and detained during immigration sweeps
Navajo Nation officials have contacted the Department of Homeland Security, the governors of Arizona and New Mexico, and ICE to address the reports, the Office of Navajo President Buu Nygren said ...