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Navajo Nation Takes a Step Towards Electrification with Powerline Installation
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Navajo Nation Takes a Step Towards Electrification with Powerline Installation

Associated Press  

After a five-year wait, several Navajo families on the vast reservation will soon have access to electricity thanks to a push from the Navajo Tribal Utility Authority. The project, called Light Up Navajo, has successfully connected 170 homes to the grid, with the remaining 10,400 homes expected to be connected within 26 years with federal funding. The project highlights the …

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Native American tribes give unanimous approval to proposal securing Colorado River water
7 months ago

Native American tribes give unanimous approval to proposal securing Colorado River water

Associated Press  

The Navajo Nation Council has signed off on a proposed settlement that would ensure water rights for its tribe and two others in the drought-stricken Southwest — a deal that could become the most expensive enacted by Congress. Congress has enacted nearly three dozen tribal water rights settlements across the U.S. over the last four decades and federal negotiation teams …

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Proposed settlement is first step in securing Colorado River water for 3 Native American tribes
7 months, 1 week ago

Proposed settlement is first step in securing Colorado River water for 3 Native American tribes

Associated Press  

LEUPP, Ariz. — A proposed water rights settlement for three Native American tribes that carries a price tag larger than any such agreement enacted by Congress has taken a major step forward with its introduction to the Navajo Nation Council. Nearly a third of homes in the Navajo Nation — spanning 27,000 square miles of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah …

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Climate change, cost and competition for water drive settlement over tribal rights to Colorado River
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Climate change, cost and competition for water drive settlement over tribal rights to Colorado River

Associated Press  

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — A Native American tribe with one of the largest outstanding claims to water in the Colorado River basin is closing in on a settlement with more than a dozen parties, putting it on a path to piping water to tens of thousands of tribal members in Arizona who still live without it. Negotiating terms outlined late Wednesday …

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How a solar eclipse threw a remote Utah town — and its Navajo workforce — into crisis
1 year, 2 months ago

How a solar eclipse threw a remote Utah town — and its Navajo workforce — into crisis

LA Times  

When Mayor Ann Leppanen learned that the moon would cross in front of the sun above her home on Saturday, she foresaw calamity: a tidal wave of tourists engulfing her tiny town as they pursued the annular eclipse, with its spectacular ring of fire. “If even 1,000 people show up, it will be a disaster,” Leppanen said last month, shaking …

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Biden will tout long-sought Grand Canyon monument designation during Arizona visit
1 year, 4 months ago

Biden will tout long-sought Grand Canyon monument designation during Arizona visit

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — President Joe Biden will announce a new national monument to preserve land around Grand Canyon National Park and limit it from mining, White House officials said Monday. White House climate adviser Ali Zaidi confirmed during a press gaggle aboard Air Force One that Biden will call for the designation during his visit to northern Arizona on Tuesday, making …

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Supreme Court ruling complicates Navajo Nation’s fight for more water
1 year, 6 months ago

Supreme Court ruling complicates Navajo Nation’s fight for more water

Associated Press  

SALT LAKE CITY — On some parts of the Navajo Nation, where roughly a third of the people lack reliable access to clean water, people have to drive for miles on red dirt roads to lug water home. Two decades after the Navajo Nation sued the federal government to force them to act, their frustrating, meandering journey through the federal …

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Feds want justices to end Navajo fight for Colo. River water
1 year, 9 months ago

Feds want justices to end Navajo fight for Colo. River water

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. More than 150 years ago, the U.S. government and …

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Feds want justices to end Navajo fight for Colo. River water
1 year, 9 months ago

Feds want justices to end Navajo fight for Colo. River water

Associated Press  

States that rely on water from the over-tapped Colorado River want the U.S. Supreme Court to block a lawsuit from the Navajo Nation that could upend how water is shared in the Western U.S. More than 150 years ago, the U.S. government and the tribe signed treaties that promised the tribe a “permanent home” — a promise the Navajo Nation …

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High court to hear water dispute between Navajo, government
2 years, 1 month ago

High court to hear water dispute between Navajo, government

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court says it will hear a water dispute involving the U.S. government and the Navajo Nation. The high court said Friday it would review a lower court ruling in favor of the Navajo Nation, which spans parts of Arizona, Utah and New Mexico. The case dates back to 2003, when the tribe sued, alleging that the …

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Desert farms in Utah flourish with water from Colorado River
2 years, 3 months ago

Desert farms in Utah flourish with water from Colorado River

Associated Press  

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — The second driest state in the country, Utah, doesn’t contribute much water to the Colorado River as it flows from Rocky Mountain headwaters through Canyonlands National Park to Lake Powell. Only 27% of the water used in Utah comes from the Colorado River, with the majority of the state’s water supply coming from other rivers …

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80 years later, Navajo Code Talker marks group’s early days
2 years, 4 months ago

80 years later, Navajo Code Talker marks group’s early days

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — It’s been 80 years since the first Navajo Code Talkers joined the Marines, transmitting messages using a code based on their then-unwritten native language to confound Japanese military cryptologists during World War II — and Thomas H. Begay, one of the last living members of the group, still remembers the struggle. President Ronald Reagan established Navajo Code Talkers …

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Navajo sign water rights settlement with Utah and feds
2 years, 6 months ago

Navajo sign water rights settlement with Utah and feds

Associated Press  

MONUMENT VALLEY, Utah — Federal officials signed an agreement with leaders of the Navajo Nation on Friday that provides funding for clean drinking water infrastructure for reservation residents and resolves questions about longstanding Navajo claims to water rights in the drought-stricken U.S. West. The signing formalizes the Utah Navajo Water Rights Settlement, which became law in 2020 as part of …

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Iconic Clint Eastwood Western Gets Dubbed In Navajo
3 years, 1 month ago

Iconic Clint Eastwood Western Gets Dubbed In Navajo

Huff Post  

Clint Eastwood via Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Manuelito Wheeler isn’t sure exactly why Navajo elders admire Western films. Whatever the reason, Navajo elders have been asking Wheeler to dub a Western in the Navajo language ever since “Star Wars IV: A New Hope” was translated into Navajo and released in 2013. “Béeso Dah Yiníłjaa’” or “A Fistful of Dollars,” …

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Iconic Clint Eastwood western ‘A Fistful of Dollars’ dubbed in Navajo language
3 years, 1 month ago

Iconic Clint Eastwood western ‘A Fistful of Dollars’ dubbed in Navajo language

LA Times  

Actor and filmmaker Clint Eastwood, shown in January 2020, starred in the 1960s western “A Fistful of Dollars.” An iconic western starring Clint Eastwood has been dubbed in the Navajo language. “Star Wars: Episode IV — A New Hope” was released in 2013, and “Finding Nemo” came out in 2016 as a way to preserve the Navajo language. Movies A …

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Human rights panel to hear Navajo uranium contamination case
3 years, 2 months ago

Human rights panel to hear Navajo uranium contamination case

Associated Press  

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A group representing Navajo communities is presenting its case to an international human rights body, saying U.S. regulators violated the rights of tribal members when they cleared the way for uranium mining in western New Mexico. The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights based in Washington, D.C., decided earlier this year that the petition filed a decade ago …

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Biden restores protections for Bears Ears monument, 4 years after Trump downsized it
3 years, 2 months ago

Biden restores protections for Bears Ears monument, 4 years after Trump downsized it

NPR  

Biden restores protections for Bears Ears monument, 4 years after Trump downsized it Enlarge this image toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images President Biden restored the boundaries of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante monuments in southern Utah and added protections for the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts national monuments on Friday. Sponsor Message "This may be the easiest thing …

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Tribes say voting access hurt by US Supreme Court ruling
3 years, 5 months ago

Tribes say voting access hurt by US Supreme Court ruling

Associated Press  

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The largest Native American reservation in the U.S. includes parts of three Arizona counties, all of which had different approaches to precinct voting in the 2020 general election. “The court seemed to note the number of ways that people can vote without recognizing how those ways are limited in Indian Country,” said Patty Ferguson-Bohnee, director of the …

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Navajo Nation forecasts ‘community immunity’: 120,000 jabs given
3 years, 9 months ago

Navajo Nation forecasts ‘community immunity’: 120,000 jabs given

Al Jazeera  

The Navajo Nation continues its vaccine drive with over 120,000 doses administered on Friday, moving closer to becoming the first area in the United States to give the first jab to its entire population. Dr Loretta Christensen, chief medical officer of the Navajo Area Indian Health Services, told Al Jazeera during a Thursday press conference that NAIHS held a meeting …

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Power plant stacks that loomed over Arizona come down
4 years ago

Power plant stacks that loomed over Arizona come down

Associated Press  

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Three towering concrete stacks that were the most visual reminders of a coal-fired power plant that operated for decades along the Arizona-Utah state line came down Friday. “I have mixed emotions because I’ve spent most of my life as a constructor, and now I’m wearing a different hat in the demolition mode,” said Gary Barras, a project …

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The Navajo Nation is struggling to survive the coronavirus
4 years, 1 month ago

The Navajo Nation is struggling to survive the coronavirus

CNN  

Navajo Nation, Pinon, Arizona CNN — A thick cloud of dust kicks up behind cars as they meander down a rugged dirt road into town. Lack of government support Piñon High School Principal Timothy Nelson believes there are a number of reasons for the Navajo Nation’s high rate of infection, including a lack of federal and state government support. “Where’s …

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Details emerge from federal raid on Navajo-area farms
4 years, 1 month ago

Details emerge from federal raid on Navajo-area farms

Associated Press  

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The U.S. attorney’s office says it destroyed a quarter-million plants during marijuana eradication efforts at 21 farms in the Shiprock area of the Navajo Nation in northwestern New Mexico. In a news release Monday, federal prosecutors say the raids by U.S., state and tribal law enforcement authorities took three days to carry out, starting on Nov. 9, …

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Kylie Jenner sizzles as she showcases her curves in a beaded mini skirt co-ord on desert vacation
4 years, 5 months ago

Kylie Jenner sizzles as she showcases her curves in a beaded mini skirt co-ord on desert vacation

Daily Mail  

She has been enjoying a lavish Utah desert vacation with friends and has been documenting her many outfit changes. The mother-of-one has been enjoying a vacation at the exclusive Armangiri resport in Canyon Point, Utah with friends such as Anastasia 'Stassie' Karanikolaou, Harry Hudson and Fai Khadra, and her daughter Stormi. Friends trip: The mother-of-one has been enjoying a vacation …

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