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A contaminated history unearthed

Investigative reporter Judy Pasternak describes uranium's effects on the Navajo Nation in Yellow Dirt: An American Story of a Poisoned Land and a People Betrayed.

by Molly Beer, Dec 06, 2010
The life and death of Desert Rock

The Navajo Nation's proposed 1,500-megawatt coal plant always rested on shaky ground. Now, it may collapse entirely.

by Laura Paskus, Aug 13, 2010
Native power in Tucson

HCN sponsors a conference on energy development and environmental activism on the Hopi and Navajo reservations; visitors; planning; corrections.

by Paul Larmer and Jodi Peterson , Jan 18, 2010
Indians vs. Greens?

In a controversial resolution, Hopi and Navajo politicians have told environmentalists – including grassroots Indian groups – that they are not welcome on the Rez.

by Jonathan Thompson, Oct 19, 2009
Shifting sands in Navajoland

On the drought-stricken Navajo Nation, scientist Margaret Hiza Redsteer studies the movement of sand dunes.

by Michelle Nijhuis, Jun 23, 2008
Tribe takes on toxic waste

The Navajo Nation creates its own version of Superfund

by Stan Bindell, Mar 18, 2008
The elephant that was left out of the room …

Indian tribes were left out of the negotiations that divvied up the Colorado River in 1922, but it’s no longer possible to ignore them – particularly in the case of the Navajo Nation.

by Jonathan Thompson, Mar 17, 2008
Seeking the Water Jackpot

The Navajo Nation is determined to finally claim its rightful share of the Colorado River after 86 years of being left out of the region’s water politics.

by Matt Jenkins, Mar 16, 2008
Two weeks in the West

Hopi and Navajo tribes settle boundary dispute; oil shale returns to western Colorado; Northern Cheyenne open coal reserves to development; judge upholds critical habitat designation for "vernal pools" in California and Oregon; red tree vole wins protecti

by Staff, Nov 27, 2006
Navajo Windfall

The Navajo Nation is fighting to keep uranium mining off the reservation, but eager uranium companies are determined to mine– and the federal government is on their side

by Laura Paskus, Sep 04, 2006