‘Respect tribal sovereignty’: The new Navajo law regulating radioactive material transportation
After uranium ore was transferred across the Navajo Nation in July with little warning, tribal leaders started looking for ...
Navajo Nation leaders call for vote on Radiation Compensation Exposure Act
Navajo Nation tribal leaders are the latest to call on Congress to reinstate the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act. Navajo ...
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Navajo Nation adopts changes to tribal law regulating the transportation of uranium across its land
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 ...
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Navajo council imposes tighter rules on shipping uranium, including more advance notice
Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren has signed a resolution approved by the Navajo Nation Council Monday that amends and strengthens the Radioactive Materials Transportation Act of 2012 ...
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Navajo Nation receives nearly $5 million to alleviate pollution concerns with orphaned gas, oil wells
PHOENIX — The Navajo Nation will receive nearly $5 million in federal funding for necessary work on orphaned oil and gas wells, the U.S. Department of the Interior announced Friday. On the ...
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Piñon nuts in the Navajo Nation are bountiful as harvest draws pickers
Narbona Pass and the Summit area are just two of many popular piñon picking spots across the Navajo Nation. Howe said she'd heard the Summit area has even more piñons than where she was ...