EPA OKs air permit for massive Navajo coal plant

Opinion The next time someone tells me how "in tune with nature" or how much native indians "love mother earth" I will remind them of this.  They are not better and no worse than anyone else.  They see opportunity and they exploit it....and that is fine with me but...

"Shadow Wolves" - Native American trackers to hunt bin Laden

"An elite group of Native American trackers is joining the hunt for terrorists crossing Afghanistan's borders. The unit, the Shadow Wolves, was recruited from several tribes, including the Navajo, Sioux, Lakota and Apache. It is being sent to Tajikistan and Uzbekistan to pass...

Letter: Navajo president betrays his people

""We read, hear and watch stories of a member of a Native American tribe turning in his people for selfish gain. In the end, the turncoat is usually turned against himself by the people he tries to impress, and also by his people, whom he hurt. I see this in the leader we...

January 17, 2007: Dooda Desert Rock Supports Senator Leonard Tsosie

"NAVAJO ELDERS SPEAK OUT ON BEHALF OF SENATOR LEONARD TSOSIE TO RETAIN HIS NAVAJO NATION COUNCIL SEAT Navajo Elders encourage President Shirley and the Navajo Nation Council to uphold the Fundamental Laws of Diné. Navajo Elders and supporters of Doodá Desert Rock Committee...

Tensions run high at final Black Mesa DEIS hearing

"FLAGSTAFF-Gathering from communities across northern Arizona and beyond people of the many nations including the Hopi, Navajo and U.S. came together to learn and discuss the Office of Surface Mining's Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS). The public meeting was the...

Letter To the Editor (Navajo Times): Phase out fossil fuels, replace with cle...

"Phase out fossil fuels, replace with clean energy January 04, 2007 We want to call attention to a concern about projects like the Desert Rock Power Plant and the Black Mesa slurry line that isn't getting the attention it deserves: Global warming. Every time we choose to keep...

PRESS CONFERENCE: January 9, 2007

"Proposed Desert Rock power plant in violation of Navajo Nation "Fundamental Law" according to Burnham community Navajo Elders Navajo Elders stand against the Desert Rock power plant based on the “Fundamental Laws” of the Dine and encourage Navajo Nation Leadership to...

MORE DEVELOPMENTS: Navajo Times (January 04, 2006)

"By Marley Shebala Navajo Times WINDOW ROCK, Jan 04, 2006 Vice President Frank Dayish Jr. is disregarding an order from President Joe Shirley Jr. to stay out of standoff between Dooda ("no") Desert Rock and the backers of the power plant project. Since Dec. 12, the Dooda...

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These people are believed to be the first people to arrive in North America. They claim to have pitched their wigwams before all the Johnny-come-latelies arrived.

Navajo council addresses racial tensions

Relations have been strained since Farmington Police Officer Shawn Scott shot and killed Clint John, 21, of Kirtland on June 10 at a Wal-Mart parking lot. The officer had responded to a report that John was beating his girlfriend.