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Contents, Memorandum, Map, Chronology, Findings and Approval, Permit, and Environmental Impact Statement
Endangered Species Act
Letters
Cumulative Hydrologic Impact Assessment
Technical Analyses
[Please note: The Office of Surface Mining will still consider comments for the Final EIS that are submitted after the deadline date for comments, 2/6/07.
[Please note: Support is needed at Desert Rock. See http://www.desert-rock-blog.com/ for the latest information.]
[Please note: The Office of Surface Mining has finally published the long delayed Black Mesa Project Draft Environmental Statement. It is a long document, 758 pages in length. An executive summary is also linked on that page. The report itself can be downloaded in parts if you don't want to download the whole report at once.
Please read the report, and prepare your comments to oppose Peabody Energy's Life-Of-Mine lease.
Comments on the draft EIS may be submitted in writing or by e-mail over the Internet. At the top of your letter or in the subject line of your e-mail message, indicate that the comments are "BMP Draft EIS Comments." Include your name and return address in your letter or e- mail message. They may also be submitted snail mail to: Dennis Winterringer, Leader, Black Mesa Project EIS, OSM Western Region, P.O. Box 46667, Denver, Colorado 80201-6667. These should be mailed either first class or priorty mail.
Please note that there is a small extension for written comments. The deadline is now February 6, 2007, as stated in a recent communication from OSM on Dec. 22, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis Winterringer, Leader, Black Mesa Project EIS, OSM Western Region, by telephone at (303) 844-1400, extension 1440, or by e-mail at BMKEIS@osmre.gov. Please note that 17 families will face relocation should the EIS be adopted.Many thanks in advance for your support of the Dineh people.]
Please note that harassment is continuing on the land. Please see Latest Info at Black Mesa Indigenous Support, in particular, Black Mesa Elders - Take Direct Action and Elder Assaulted.
Please note that OSMRE has issued a September newsletter with important information about the Black Mesa Project EIS. It looks like things are moving ahead. Please see newsletter to read about what will be coming up soon. Please note the dates. The Draft EIS will be available in late Novemberl comments in January 2007. It may be helpful to bookmark this page.
Please note: OSM has decided to "suspend"
activities until "the future of the Mohave Generating Station and the
project become clearer." Please see July
2006 Newsletter. Two key points should be noted even with this news:
| 1. It states that, "The new water-supply system would replace much of the water currently drawn from the Navajo aquifer." Notice that it doesn't say it would be totally replaced by use of the C-Aquifer. |
| 2. It also states: "Because the viability of the proposed project is in question, OSM has suspended activities to publish the draft EIS. As the future of the Mohave Generating Station and the project become clearer, OSM will decide whether to continue or abandon preparation of the EIS." All this is dependent on whether the Salt River Project, another co-owner of Mohave can find new partners. |
[Please note: an updated version of Broken Rainbow has been released with about 25 minutes in the "extra" section for updates. There you can hear what Katherine Smith, Thomas Banyacya, Jr., Louise Benally, Danny Blackgoat, Bahe Katenay, and others have to say about how things are now out on Black Mesa. If you'd like to pick up a copy of the film, it's available at Wherehouse Records as well as at Amazon. It was released 6/27/06. ]
[Please note that S. 1003 was passed and sent to the House of Representatives 2 May 2006. Please also see Page S3924. It is now in the House Resources Committee (May 3). Please let them know your views. The Navajo Nation opposes this bill, Roman Bitsuie saying, "S. 1003 would bring an abrupt end to the relocation program before any independent study of the program's successes and failures can be undertaken. Congress would repeat its earlier mistake." Read more in Navajo oppose bill that would close relocation benefits office. ]
[Please note the "studies" on the C-Aquifer, one called Groundwater Flow Model of the C Aquifer in Arizona and New Mexico, prepared by S. S. Papadopulos & Associates, Inc., described as "prepared for the Salt River Project on behalf of the use of Mohave Generating Station Co-Owners." This is a very large pdf file, so it may take some time to download, depending on your connection. The other is the USGS "study." This is a much smaller file with a very auspicious sounding title, "Numerical Ground-Water Change Model of the C Aquifer and Effects of Ground-Water Withdrawals on Stream Depletions in Selected Reaches of Clear Creek, Chevelon Creek, and the Little Colorado River, Northeastern AZ."]
[Please note articles concerning the recent protests against water use: Navajo water protesters censored by tribe, and in the Gallup Independent: Council keeps Peabody discussion private.
[See what has been going on in these meetings behind closed doors.]
[Please see Comments — Mohave Generating Station and Black Mesa Mine written in response to the claims of victory that have arisen since their "closures."]
[Please see Black Mesa Mine closure for recent media. Please see site index for more recent articles about the mine and power plant closures. Also see The Struggle Continues for analysis.]
[Please see Elder
Rena Babbit Lane is under threat of livestock impoundment now,
and please do whatever you can to help. Note that this information
became available October 7, 2005. Many thanks.] [Another deadline? The heat is turning
up again. Please see Tribes
lobby to end land dispute. Resisters have asked for support. They
do not want to be relocated from their homelands. Hearing on S. 1003
(McCain's proposed amendment to PL 93-531, available at Committee
on Indian Affairs toward the bottom of the page ... hearing date
21 July 2005). There is a video of the hearing which can be purchased.
If you want a copy of the video then you have to get one through your
US Senator. However, transcripts are available for most of what was
said. Please see Christopher Bavasi,
President Shirley, Roman
Bitsuie, Chairman Taylor,
and William Ragsdale,
BIA. Louis Denestsoie's is available at the Navajo
Nation page. Please also see testimony
for those things not found in the submitted written testimonies. ] [Please note very sad news. Kee Watchman passed on to
the spirit world June 25, 2005. He will be missed by many. Prayers are
with his family and friends.] [IMPORTANT:
Roberta Blackgoat's homestead is threatened. Please
see Press
Release to see what you can do to help. Also see
the statement
made about current events there. Also, if you're interested in reading
reports on this gathering, there are two available, one at BMIS
and the other at SENAA
West.]
[Currently there is a lawsuit related to
the actions taken at Sundance 2001 and soon thereafter, Louise Benally
et al v. Eugene Kaye et al. The case has gone into mediation as ordered
by Judge Neil Wake. It is asked that contact be made with the United States
District Court in support of the Navajo People in this case. Please write:
HONORABLE NEIL V. WAKE
United States District Court
Sandra Day O'Connor U.S. Courthouse, Suite 524
401 West Washington Street, SPC 52
Phoenix, AZ 85003
Phone: (602) 322-7640 ]
[Please note: Support for Black Mesa is Needed. Please also see Ways to Support the People of Big Mountain, Arizona USA.]
[Please note: Very sad news -- Arrick Crittendon passed on January 18, 2003. Prayers are with his family.]
This page, totally dedicated to the Dine'h of Big Mountain, is created with the idea in mind that it be a page where others can be educated about what the Dine'h have faced for over a quarter of a century, and still continue to face today, something which has gone on for far too long. It is created also in hope that those who visit will become supporters as well. Because the list of links became so long, there is another page just for these links. The tags below will take you to that page to learn more. There are also other sites which present current information, the best being those which follow here. To be kept up to date I suggest you visit the following sites on a regular basis:
and click on the link below for access to all of SENAA's pages:
There is also another site in the works which
is truly worth your time to visit. Much is offered here in the way of
information, pictures of the area used on this page as well as others,
and Jake's beautuful art work. It is Bo
Peep's Hogan. It is a site to visit often to see new developments.
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Prayers have been answered for those arrested at Sun Dance. The charges have been dismissed. To read one's views about the waning support, visit Why the Silence? Visit BMIS at Statement from Dine' Elders on Black Mesa, March 2002. What is sad is that Arrick was quickly convicted of trespassing at his trial on March 27. Read about it here. Information about other recent happenings can be learned Important Info on Big Mountain. People are needed on the land with cameras for documentation of the harassment by the Hopi Rangers. There have been reports of guns drawn and pepper spray used. This cannot be allowed to continue. If you can help, please visit BMIS to learn more about what is needed. Support is needed NOW.
I also ask that you visit a new page which contains recent information and a request for help from BMIS. Please visit BMIS Call for Support and Action to see what is needed. Thank you in advance for your help.
I'm not sure if you all understand what the effect of Peabody Coal has been here. It is one where human and religious rights have been violated. It has been one which destroys the land. To more fully understand just what their strip mining does, I am excerpting some passages from Wilkinson's book, Fire on the Plateau, published in 1999. Maybe this will give you a better idea.
"Strip
mining...begins when giant earthmoving equipment bares the coal
seamsby tearing away the topsoil and
overburden-layers of rock, shale, and
soil. Then explosives break apart and loosen
the tight dense coal seams for
scraping and loading. Each individual blasted
strip is two feet wide, 30 feet
deep, and a mile in length...Then
to go deeper, the strip will be blasted
again and again and again. The resulting
pit is a man-made canyon a mile
long, nearly that wide, and 180 feet
deep" (Wilkinson Fire on the Plateau 208).
All this is being done on land that is sacred, destroying everything.
It appears that the AP Wire picked up this story. You can read the article here (Traditional dance further frays relationship between Navajos, Hopis). If course, I found it very interesting that it's reported about the "Navajo's living on the Hopi Reservation." I can't help but question its source. More articles are appearing now in reference to the situation at Big Mountain. Again I question what they have to say, all but one of them, but you can read them for yourself and make up your own mind in this matter. They have been placed in their own section since the number of articles written has grown so. Just click on Sun dance to reach the section of this page which has these articles listed. To keep abreast of recent updates regarding the trial, please visit BMIS. Recent news from Big Mountain (8/17/01) new information has come to light. The latter adds insult to injury, or in this case, total disrespect. According to recent news, the Hopi Rangers, the BIA, and the Navajo Police entered Camp Anna Mae, dismantling the arbor and removing the Tree of Life. Apparently there was an arrest as well and a car impounded. Most fervently, I ask again for your prayers for all concerned.
The Dine'h need the support of all. For those of you who want to ask me what you can do, I'll tell you now. Write letters, lots of letters. Make phone calls. Here are some numbers I received recently. Call the Hopi Tribal Council at (520)734-3707; Benally says to ask for the Chairman, leaving "your request to protect Dineh Rights for Chairman Wayne Taylor and Eugene Kahe, Hopi Tribal Council Chief of Staff." Call Wendell Honanul at the BIA at (520)738-2225, asking him to stop the livestock impoundment and livestock reduction. Be sure to also demand that they stop "all human rights violations and carry no guns around the people." Make these calls at least once a week until January. All this is requested to protect the Dine, their indigenous and human rights. Big Mountain needs to be preserved "as a National Historical Cultural Preservation Site." It is also asked that you call the Hopi Area Bureau of Indian Affairs (520) 738-2249, and ask that they stop harassing the Dine'h elders which appears to be ongoing. Finally, let Joe Lodge at the US Attorneys Office know of your support for the Dine'h resisters. He can be reached at (520) 556-3115.
One other request is that you write your Congressmen, asking them to support H.R. 104 which will remove the Bennett Freeze, thus benefiting the Dine'h. You can visit a call to action for more information as well as SENAA's Newsletter to view a text version of the bill. The links are on this page. Thank you in advance for taking the time to do this.
If you missed the links to the on line petitions on my home page, consider signing them now. This link will take you directly to the signature page. Don't let the forced relocations take place. The other petition is We Demand Peace and Harmony for the Dineh, Hopi, and Mother Earth. You can also find a hard copy of this petition to print and circulate Petition - Big Mountain Sovereign Nation. The place for relocation is poison. Read about its water source, the Puerco River. Investigate Peabody Coal. Look at what the strip mining has already done to Black Mesa. Every time I look at these pictures, they tear at my inner most being - my stomach turns over in knots. But they need to be seen.
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Look into the area where the government wants to relocate the Dine'. You will soon see it is not an option. Where they live is their land, and they have every right to it. No one has the right to take it away, even those who look to make money since Peabody Coal wants to have its way with Black Mesa.
These sites will provide a learning experience for all. Below this description these tags should take you quickly to the section which most interests you.
Bennett Freeze | Sun Dance | Save the Peaks | Desert Rock | Peabody Energy | uranium | Facts Related to Chambers, AZ | Manybeads Case | Other Related Sites
Family that gave land has no regrets
Bennett Freeze compact violates rights
A formal gesture of the Navajo Nation president introduced a contract that has been in motion for
the past two years without the knowledge of the Navajo people.
Back to square one with Bennett Freeze
One lonely winter night in December of 1998, I sat in a motel room in Winslow, Ariz., typing on
a typewriter I borrowed from my sister, Gloria.
Electricity slowly coming to Freeze residents
WINDOW ROCK - For more years than she can count, Ruth Tohannie has been wanting electricity
in her come west of Tuba City.
Freeze amendment opposed
McCain's legislation to on Navajo, Hopi Land Settlement resisted
WINDOW ROCK - The Intergovernmental Relations Committee of the Navajo Nation Council backed
legislation Monday sponsored by Delegate Hope MacDonald-LoneTree opposing the Navajo-Hopi
Land Settlement Amendments of 2005 sponsored by U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.
Freeze comments frost delegates
WINDOW ROCK — The three Navajo Nation Council delegates who voted Tuesday against the proposed
intergovernmental compact between the Nation and the Hopi Tribe say they are not happy with statements
made Wednesday by President Joe Shirley Jr. on KTNN Radio.
Freeze residents file lawsuit, seek to void compact
WINDOW ROCK - Residents of the Bennett Freeze area have files a lawsuit in Tuba City District Court to
get the intergovernmental agreement between the Hopis and the Navajos voided because parts of it are to
remain secret....
Freeze residents impatient with planning process
TUBA CITY - The residents of the former Bennett Freeze do not understand why it is taking tribal
planners so long to figure out what they need....
New homes planned in Bennett Freeze
WINDOW ROCK - The 1934 Reservation Subcommittee, of the Navajo-Hopi Land Commission, adopted a
plan of operations and a work plan Monday.
| Desert Rock |
Dog 'skinned alive'
WINDOW ROCK — A sheep dog belonging to a Navajo elder who claims she did not sign over her grazing
area, was "skinned alive, run over twice," and tossed next to a campsite occupied by Desert Rock resisters.
EPA releases Desert Rock public comments: No time line yet on final air permit for proposed power plant
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has compiled and released about 1,000 comments on the
draft air permit for the proposed Desert Rock Power Plant, which would be located in Burnham on
the Navajo Nation.
Global warming bill delays Desert Rock
ST. MICHAELS � The air permit for the Desert Rock Energy Project is being held up by U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency over concerns with the Endangered Species Act and global
warming, and legislation introduced March 11 in Washington is not going to help the matter.
'A Step in the wrong direction (Desert Rock)
WINDOW ROCK - A lawsuit filed Tuesday by Desert Rock Energy Co. LLC and Diné Power Authority
against U.S. Environmental Protection Agency “is unfortunate and premature, according to New
Mexico Environment Department Secretary Ron Curry.
WINDOW ROCK - Since word went out Monday about snow and mud conditions in the Black Mesa area,
"it has triggered a lot of response," Delegate Amos Johnson said Tuesday afternoon during a break
in the Navajo Nation Council's debate on allocating $1 million for Emergency Management to deal with
weather-related emergencies.
Accord reached for sacred Hopi sites on Navajo land
PHOENIX (AP) -- After a bitter 40-year dispute, leaders of the Navajo and Hopi tribes sat together
Friday and signed an agreement that allowed development on 700,000 acres of land that both claim as
their own.
Adopt-a -Native-Elder Program
Alert - Big Mountain - July 2002
learn more about what you can do to stop the current escalation of
terrorism against those who live at Big Mountain brought on by the constant
presence of armed Hopi Rangers.
Analysis of Dine'h Case Needs
Back in the saddle
WINDOW ROCK — The 10th Annual Navajo Nation Council Horse Ride will start July 13
from Cameron Chapter, with those riders and Navajo Mountain riders merging
at Tolani Lake and continuing on to Window Rock for the opening of the
summer council session.
Larry Noble and Willie Grayeyes, co-coordinators of the event, will lead riders on a trek
across Navajoland in the tradition of tribal government leaders who have gone before them.
Beyond Dispute
Big Mountain
Big Mountain
Big Mountain Elders, Sundancers Resist Relocation
Big Mountain: Speech Read and Submitted by Coal Miner
Big Mountain Sundance grounds fenced by rangers
a must read about current actions of the HTC and their armed guard,
the Hopi Rangers - their latest act of harassment July 8, 2002 -
article written by Brenda Norrell
Big Mtn. Dineh Support for Longest Walk II (Northern Route)
Big Mountain supporters targeted in Denver police spy files
another article by Brenda Norrell, another must read
Black Mesa
Black Mesa, Arizona - Navajo Nation
Black Mesa Contacts
Black Mesa Historicals
This site has been revamped and contains much
useful information. Current information can be
found here about address for contact what is going on
at Black Mesa. Please note the new email
address for contact via the web.
Black Mesa Monitoring Program
Charts about water usage here through 2000
Black Mesa Project goals
a brief listing of the goals for Peabody's current permit request for
Black Meas mine, almost simplistically given, no mention of the people this
permit would effect, on the same page with an article presenting the
the scewed response to protests against the LOM permit.
Black Mesa Support Updates
The Black Mesa Syndrome: Indian Lands, Black Gold
Black Mesa residents urge search for energy alternatives
What is said here in terms of being certain Mohave will be shut down
in light of earlier articles that have appeared that seemed to
indicate that the DOI, HTC, NTC and Peabody were negotiating an
extension of Peabody's lease. Peabody was also arrogant enough
to say they had the "right" to use the N-Aquifer, and claim once
that their usage of the N-Aquifer is not responsible for diminishing
water levels or anything else associated with this use.
Black Mesa Trust
this site was down for a while but is now up and working again
Black Mesa Weavers for Life and Land
Bo Peep's Hogan
Blood Money (Headwaters News -- Perspective)
two articles -- Traditional Navajo and Hopi warned against strip mining Black
Mesa and Contradictions run deep on Black Mesa
October 23, 2002
Broken Rainbow on YouTube
Bush Thinks America has Nailed the Final Nail on the Coffin of Indigenous History in the US the Sacred Mountains: The Effects of the Navajo-Hopi Land
Chapter official wants emergency assessment now
BLACK MESA - Glenna Chee, an official with Black Mesa Chapter, received a distress call Sunday
evening from a mother stuck somewhere on the road near Kitsillie, but there was no way she
could get there to help.
Cheyfitz, Gladue: Why not a chapter for the Navajos living on the Hopi partitioned lands?
Katherine Smith, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation and a life-long
resident of Big Mountain on the HPL, wrote the following:
"At this point in history, we, [HPL] Navajos, have no sovereignty left.
We do not have power over our own lives or stewardship over our natural resources.
The Dineh who live on the HPL under the 1996 Accommodation Agreement,
are without proper political representation. Furthermore, HPL residents
are left with no resources for funding basic human services, including community
buildings, housing, decent roads, electricity and running water. Residents
must drive long distances to access health services, schools, jobs, haul
drinking water, pick-up mail, get gas, and groceries."
Chiron Communications
Read about the Hiroshima Flame Interfaith Pilgrimage, and the
extinguishing of the Hiroshima Peace Flame here.
Council votes against use of Navajo Aquifer
Dark Days on Black Mesa
Deep
Background
Dineh included in U.S. apartheid report to UN
San Francisco - Navajo victims of coal mining and uranium
mining are among the indigenous
peoples included in a report on racism, forced assimilation and apartheid in the United States.
Dineh
Information Site
What is contained here was at the Mauro de Oliveira's
Solsite that he created which has since been
dismantled. You will see that this site is maintained
as it
was before in honor of Mauro's hard work.
It is now part of SENAA International.
the history of the area as told by Ruth Benally - a
must
read found in Indian Country Today - 8/21/01
the
Dine', Navajo, Navajoland, Dine'tah
Dineh
Nation Under Seige 1998
Dine'
officials discuss Bennett Freeze agreement on KTNN radio
WINDOW ROCK - The Navajo Nation's attorney general and
the director of the Navajo-Hopi Land Commission
told radio listeners Aug. 17 that the proposed Intergovernmental
Compact between the Navajo
Nation and Hopi Tribe will result in no land exchanges,
relocation, loss of Navajo land or livestock
or loss of sites sacred to either the Navajo or Hopi
people.
Dineh
Project / Video Documentation Fund
Dine'h
Removal Accommodates Peabody Coal
Dirty
Coal and Power at the Navajo Blockade
BURNHAN CHAPTER, N.M. -- As Navajo elderly camp in the
cold at a blockade of a planned power plant,
the Navajo Nation Council plans to meet in special session
to allocate millions for the Desert Rock
Power Plant.
Dineh
Testimony
Documentation
Want to see the before and after effects of
Peabody Coal? Look here.
Dividing the Sky
Don't
close your doors until you clean up your mess
Bravo! To Ms. Pauline Whitesinger in her continuous
effort to take a stance in her beliefs and
values! An exemplary woman continuing her crusade to
remain on the land (Hopi Partitioned
Land) so precious and dear to her heart that we learn
by now is rich (plentiful) with natural resources.
Draining
the Upper World: The Black Mesa Mine and the Navajo Aquifer
E
in Brief -- Sacrificing the Sacred Mountains (Jan.-Feb. 2000)
An
earful for the prez
Attending a meeting on the Bennett Freeze in Tuba City
last Friday, President Joe Shirley Jr.
got an earful ... and not from supporters chanting "Four
more years!"
Elders
fight to keep land
Peabody opponent says elderly suffer from stress
disorder
Elders fighting for survival on Black Mesa, the effects
of Peabody Coal
clearly seen. Their existence is likened to what soldiers
often experience
as a result of fighting in a war, but this "war zone"
is one in which these
Elders live. There is no end.
Environmental
Justice Case Study: Navajo-Hopi Struggle to Protect
the
Big Mountain Reservation
Enviros
encouraged over Mohave closure
The permanent closure of the Mohave Generating Station
marks the end of an era, but it could also
be the beginning of a new, cleaner one, according to
a coalition of environmental groups.
Experts
say aquifers running dry
Communities from Williams and Tusayan to Flagstaff and
Tuba City are going to be using more water
than they can sustainably draw from the ground by 2050,
the Bureau of Reclamation has found in one
An
Exploratory Visit to Big Mountain, AZ
European
Parliament/Black Mesa Resolution
European
Parliament Urgency Resolution
Forum
on Black Mesa: Corporate Globalization & Indigenous Cultural Survival
Four Corners plant rates at top in pollution category 7/30/07
No power plant in the country emits more total nitrogen oxides than the Four Corners Power Plant,
according to a new report compiled from government data called "Dirty Kilowatts."
Fence damage charge against elder dismissed
Kykotsmovi, Ariz. - Judge Delfred Leslie of the Hopi Tribal Court dismissed the criminal charge of
damaging fences against Rena Babbitt Lane on Jan. 25, according to a news release from her
lawyer, James Zion.
Fighting
for home Bennett Freeze dissenters ready for legal battle
BIG MOUNTAIN, Ariz. - An Aug. 18 meeting at Sam Yazzie�s
home, called "forgotten people" by
its organizers, starred with a Navajo prayer chanted
by medicine man, Norris Nez of Hollow
Mesa, Ariz.
Fighting
Genocide at Black Mesa
Geopolitics
of the Navaho-Hopi 'Land Dispute" by John Redhouse
Great
Grandmother from Dineh Nation to Testify at International Peoples?*
Tribunal on Human Rights and the Environment
HELP US! Delegate: National Guard needed in Black Mesa
BLACK MESA - Weekend rain and snow have left residents
of the Black Mesa area bogged down in the mud,
and Navajo Nation Council Delegate Amos Johnson believes it�s time to call upon the National Guard.
A
Heritage Broken A Trust Betrayed
Holes
and cracks scar Black Mesa landscape
Honoring
Roberta
Hopi/Dineh
Grandmothers Cry out for Help!
IMPORTANT: page will ask to print but this can be cancelled.
Hopis,
Navajos end 40-year battle
An accord has been reached between the Navajo and Hopi
tribes to end a bitter 40-year struggle over
Hopi religious sites on more than 700,000 acres of the
western Navajo Reservation.
hopi
and navajo prophecy
Hopi's ongoing struggle for land, air and water
Hopi,
Peabody cases top council's agenda
Holy
Wind Camp; Natural Law
Hopi:
Bill Divides Two Tribes
WINDOW ROCK - Hopi Tribal Chairman Ivan Sidney on Tuesday
told the U.S. House Committee on
Resources that the Hopi Tribe is opposed to amending
the Navajo-Hopi Settlement Act and
urged the committee to reconsider moving forward with
a bill that would pit Hopi and Navajo
against each other.
Human
Rights Violations of Dineh "Indians"
Information
withheld? Delegates question timing of release of details about Bennett
Freeze settlement
WINDOW ROCK - News of a settlement agreement on the
Bennett Freeze approved by the
Hopi Tribe in 2004 apparently has been kept from the
Navajo people for nearly two years.
Impacts
of Resource Development on Native American Lands
iptcase
Just
Transition Coalition Secures First Step Towards a
Sustainable
Economic Future for Navajo and Hopi Peoples
2006-05-20 | In the wake of the shutdown of the Mohave
Generating Station, California
energy regulators approved a request by the Just Transition
Coalition to track
and accumulate revenues from the sales of sulfur credits
from Mohave's
primary owner, Southern California Edison, for possible
future
distribution to the tribes once determination of Mohave's
future operation is made.
Land
Dispute History
1882: An order by President Arthur sets aside about
2.5 million acres in northeastern Arizona
for the Hopis and "other Indians" who might be settled
there by the Interior secretary. The land
centers on the mesas of the village-dwelling Hopis but
includes areas occupied by
scattered Navajo sheepherders.
Land
settlement in sight Navajo, Hopi negotiating teams reach agreement on
language in the proposed compact
WINDOW ROCK — Since 1958, the Navajo and Hopi
tribes have been involved in litigation over various
aspects of the Navajo-Hopi land dispute. A proposed
intergovernmental compact would settle a
lawsuit authorized by Congress in 1974.
Please see also Oxfam
America: Tó Nizoní Aní
Land
Use History of the Colorado Plateau - Black Mesa
Land
talks take place in private Delegates question timing of release of details
about Bennett Freeze settlement
Despite objections to keep Friday's special Intergovernmental
Relations Committee meeting open so
the Navajo people might have some idea of what they're
giving and getting in a proposed Bennett Freeze
agreement, IGR voted 6-2 for executive session at the
request of the attorney general.
Leonard
Benally Speaks in Geneva Working Group on Indigenous Peoples - UN
Human Rights
Leupp,
Black Mesa, Hardrock unite to protect aquifers
Making
a Difference
Making
a Just Transition
On the last day of 2005, the Mohave Generating Station
in Laughlin, Nevada, powered down. The closure
forced northern Arizona's Black Mesa Coal Mine to halt
operations - its sole customer was the Mohave plant.
As went the station and the mine, so went the pipeline
that carried a slurry of water and Black Mesa coal 273
miles from the mine to the power plant, where it was
dried and burned to create electricity for Las Vegas and
Southern California. They fell, one after the other,
"like three big dominoes," says Andy Bessler, of the Sierra
Club's Partnerships program. On the first day of 2006,
a system that had existed for more than 30 years, that
had obscured views of the Grand Canyon with air pollution
and drawn down the Navajo aquifer, was brought
to a standstill.
McCain
bill would dissolve U.S. relocation office
McCain
proposes closing federal relocation office
Note the current rhetoric regarding McCain's "solution"
as it is reported.
Can't help but wonder what is really in the works considering
the phraseology used
here. Granted some key points were made about those
who have been relocated,
such as the death of elders soon after this action.
McCain
prods tribes, government on tribal land dispute
it's all about the money. listen to the hearing.
Migrations
Move
from land tough on Navajos
DINNEBITO - The area is called Hard Rocks, an appropriate
name since no grass remains for Navajo
shepherds and their flocks. It was here, 20 years ago
today, that protesters, spurred on by elderly Navajo
grandmothers, made their final stand at the fence and
pinon ridge lines against the largest forced
movement of Native Americans during the 20th century.
Myth-Fact:
Land Dispute
Mining
- the Navajo - to Extinction
Mining
the Sacred Water of Black Mesa
Monitoring
the Effects of Ground-Water Withdrawals from the N-Aquifer
Native
Americans and the Environment: Research on the Land Use History...
Native
Americans Resist Forced Relocation
Native
Net: Navajo-Hopi "land dispute" articles from NATIVE-L
Navajo
(Sierra Club New York)
Unregulated U.S. Power Plants Threaten Global Climate
and Human Rights:
Act Now To Stop Proliferation of "National Sacrifice
Area."
Navajo Coal-Fired Plant Called a Cleaner Energy Source, but Critics Disagree
A handful of people, mostly Navajo women, have sat vigil on a dusty expanse of reservation land
for months, hoping their presence will help to block the construction of a proposed $3 billion
power plant that would keep the lights on in a million or more homes in Phoenix and Las Vegas, Nev.
Navajo
councilman challenges Congress over relocation bill Indian Country
Today, 10 July 2006
TUBA CITY, Ariz. - Speaking out against the Navajo Hopi
Land Settlement Act of 2005, known also
as Senate Bill 1003, Navajo councilman Hope MacDonald-LoneTree
said the U.S. government is treating
Navajos the same way Iraqi are treated, with disregard
to rebuilding nations that have been devastated.
Navajo
'grammas' provide heritage of will, wisdom
An article by Jack Utter that first appeared in the
Arizona Republic on March 5,
2002, -- well worth the read.
NAVAJO-HOPI
Land Dispute, History, Maps, Links
Navajo-Hopi
Land Dispute Documents 1854-1984
Navajo
and Hopi leaders testify
Bill transferring relocation duties sharply criticized
Navajo President, Hopi Vice Chairman join Interior Secretary to sign historic
Compact
PHOENIX - With half the 250 people standing shoulder-to-shoulder
and peering over a
throng of photographers, the federal Interior secretary
and the two leaders of the Navajo and Hopi nations
signed documents to clear the way to coexist on a piece
of land and remove a four-decade-old development ban
that is unique in American history.
Navajo
relocation mired in human suffering and costs
Navajo
Sun Dances on Hopi Land
Dine'h Response To: Traditional Lakota denounces Navajo
Sun Dances on Hopi
land
Navajos and Environmentalists Split on Power Plant
NY Times - BURNHAM, N.M. - For the Navajo nation, energy is the most valuable currency. The tribal
plands are rich with uranium, natural gas, wind, sun
and, most of all, coal.
Navajos help friendship house
CHINLE - Navajo relocatees and their children were "definitely" a factor in saving the
Intertribal Friendship House in Oakland, Calif., last year, IFH spokesman George Galvis said in a
recent telephone interview.
Navajos set to tap power of the wind
Hundreds of windmills reaching nearly 400 feet into the sky could begin sprouting on the Navajo
Reservation north of Flagstaff under a new agreement to harness wind energy for electrical use.
Navajo
Resist John McCain's SB 1003
listen to the wav file that accompanies this article
to hear the voices of people from the land
and the views of the Navajo Nation as revealed by George
Hardeen, spokesperson
News About
Big Mountain - Black Mesa
NRDC: Natural Resources Defense Council
NRDC:
Natural Resources Defense Council - Drink...
NDRC
Drawdown: An Update on Groundwater Mining on Black Mesa
note the new water study available
in a pdf file
along with the study from 2000
Paths planned for energy lines across Navajo Nation
WINDOW ROCK - Members of the Navajo Nation learned this week that they may find themselves hosting
several federal energy corridors - wide swaths of land for pipelines and electrical lines
- though it's still uncertain which families would be affected.
PBI
North American Project Slide Show
Check out the next 3 slides beginning with the one linked
here.
Pauline
Whitesinger
Pandering
to Corporations, Drilling Sacred Lands of the West
Read the uncensored version of this article.
Panel
rejects deal settling Navajo, Hopi land feud
WINDOW ROCK - The Government Services Committee narrowly
rejected an agreement Monday aimed at
settling the Navajo-Hopi land feud....
"the
People's Path home page" - Articles - Arlene's Exclusion
"the
People's Path" Articles - The Numbers Game on Black Mesa
"the
People's Paths!" NAIIP Newspath - Black Mesa Crisis
"the
People's Paths home page!" Articles - Black Mesa Under Threat
"the
People's Paths!" NAIIP News Path!Save Big Mountain/Black Mesa
Prayer
"the
People's Paths!" Paths to Articles!
links to several articles about Big Mountain
"the
People's Paths!" Prayer Walk
President
signs historic legislation
Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley Jr. signed to historic
pieces of legislation Friday one to
close the book on the past and the other to begin a
new chapter in Navajo history.
Program
assists Navajo elders
For information about how you can help, call 801-474-0535
or consult the Web at http://www.anelder.org.
The
Rape of Black Mesa
Questions
and Answers About Black Mesa/Kayenta
Renewable energy best choice for Dineh
Riders push to end Peabody's pumping
of N-Aquifer
Roberta
Blackgoat's Page
Sacred Lands? An Open Letter
personal reflections stemming from the reactions of
others to sacred lands
Save
Black Mesa!
An editorial in the San Francisco Bay Guardian
that appeared around 9/18/02
-- there is an email address there to contact regarding
your comments on this
issue and the pending decision -- Save Black
Mesa Water
SENNA International
SENNA West
Sell
Outs? Protestors say council puts mining interests before its citizens
Recent protests by residents of Black Mesa
-- pre Earth Day --
addressing Peabody's recent request to expand
both the Black Mesa and
and Kayenta Mines. For those in gov't.,
it's all about the money as always.
Now is the time to write to your Senators continuously,
urging this study be
done by impartial observers, not one done by those who
represent the
vested money interests in Black Mesa. Check back here
often for more
information about this.
Severe
Winter Drought Causing Hardship for Dine'h
Residents
at Big Mountain
Short History
Of Big Mountain - Black Mesa
Sovereign
Dine'h Nation
Shirley wants 'unbiased' study
WINDOW ROCK - Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley Jr.,
in testimony this week before the
U.S. House Resources Committee, requested an independent,
"unbiased" non-federal consultant
conduct a one-year study to examine the impacts of relocation
on the Navajo and Hopi people.
Solar
energy a good idea
KYKOTSMOVI, Ariz., - I look forward to a future for
the Colorado Plateau, ancient homeland
of the Hopi people, that is radically different from
the one envisioned by the federal government
when the Four Corners area was informally designated
as a "national sacrifice area" in the
1960s and 1970s.
Sovereign
Dine'h Nation Alert
Speaking Dineh to Dirty Power: Navajo Challenge New Coal-Fired Plant
In a makeshift hut on a hilltop in the high desert near Farmington, New Mexico, local
schoolteacher David Nez projects a PowerPoint presentation on a blanket nailed to the wall.
Outside the door, a small wind and solar generator silently provides the electricity for his
computer-aided presentation. Less than a mile away, a different technology rules. Smoke
plumes mark the horizon from huge coal-fired power plants, as an enormous crane rips into the
Navajo coal mine, the largest open pit mine in the western U.S.
Struggles Continue
Despite Black Mesa Mine Shut Down
STILL IMPASSABLE
A week later, Black Mesa area roads a mess
Trail of Tears 2000
Tribes lobby to end land dispute
a new deadline? is this one for real?
Urban Exiles
Navajos reminisce about the relocation years
United Nations: Economic and Social Council -- The Right to Development (February 2003)
UN Investigates US Human Rights
Unfulfilled promises
Homes in various states of disrepair, unfinished, or never begun on the HPL.
The "Unseen" Price of Coal
Urgent
Vanishing Prayer (YouTube video)
View from the Hogan, January 2000
Water on Black Mesa: Opponents of Navajo Aquifer pumping must follow
bureaucratic trail to be heard
wedocase
Why the Silence?
White Man's Justice
A wind is blowing across Black Mesa 7-15-01
Please see related article Help coming for families promised HPL homes
The Worth of Water (NRDC Report)
Yah ah Tey! Big Mountain Grafitti Bridge
| Peabody Energy |
AG: Lawsuit against Peabody to resume
TUBA CITY - Negotiations to settle the Navajo Nation's 1999 lawsuit against Peabody Energy Company, which involves
$600 million in damages, are over.
American Indians threaten suit over Peabody's Arizona mine 
Arizona
utility seeks investors to reopen Mohave coal plant
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- A publicly owned Arizona
utility is on the hunt for investors who
will share its dream of restarting a shuttered coal-fired
power plant in the Nevada desert that was
abandoned by its other owners.
Anti-plant rally continues on
first day of Navajo council meetings
Black Mesa coal mine set to reopen
LAUGHLIN - Southern California Edison is giving up its effort to resuscitate the Mohave Generating
Station after trying for almost two years to revive the 1970s era plant which provided up to 1,500
megawatts of electricity to urban residents. May 24, 2007
Black
Mesa and Kayenta Mines, Life-of-Mine Plans and Water Supply Project,
Black Mesa studies to resume, slurry appears dead
Behind closed doors again. Short history included
Coconino,
Navajo, and Mohave Counties, AZ, and Clark County, NV
Comments are still being accepted by OSM. Dates and
places of meetings
are posted there as well as Peabody's intentions for
the future at Black Mesa mine
Black Mesa Project FEIS available
WINDOW ROCK - The final Environmental Impact Statement analyzing the effects of the Black Mesa
Project was published Friday in the Federal Register by the U.S. Office of Surface Mining and the
Environmental Protection Agency.
Black
Mesa Project Fact Sheet
Black Mesa coal talks continue
Black
Mesa Project EIS Fact Sheet
Black
Mesa EIS meeting one for the record
To call Tuesday night's meeting on Peabody
Western Coal Co.'s Black Mesa Project a public
hearing, "is really inadequate," Navajo Nation Council Delegate
Amos Johnson told federal officials.
But that wasn't the only complaint in
an evening that didn't get off to a good start and
broke up just short of descending into verbal chaos....
Black
Mesa Project impacts include relocation
WINDOW ROCK -- Peabody Western Coal Co.'s proposed
Black Mesa Project would require the relocation of
17 Navajo households, the clearing of more than 13,000
acres of land, and an expected decrease in
groundwater quality.
Black
Mesa residents urge search for energy alternatives
Black Mesa's troubled history
Coal strip mining was controversial on Black Mesa from the very beginning. When it was first
proposed during the MacDonald administration in the 70s, residents of the highly traditional
area predicted that it would divide the community.
Bringing
Back Desert Springs
Read to learn about the droubt in NE Arizona, the
problems caused
while Peabody Energy continues to drain Black Mesa's
life to slurry the coal
Bush's
dirty tricks campaign for Peabody Coal
Colorado
pipeline plan in limbo
'C'
Aquifer memo gains panel's OK
The Coconino Aquifer as an alternative for Peabody
Energy is discussed here.
While neither the Navajo nor Hopi Nations are mentioned
utility companies are
--the Salt River Project, Southern California Edison,
Nevada Power Company,
and LA Water and Power along with the DOI.
Coalition works to bring renewable energy to northern AZ
FLAGSTAFF-Navajo and Hopi tribal members, regional
and national renewable energy experts gathered
at Northern Arizona University (NAU) on Jan. 17-19 for the first step
in bringing renewable energy to northern Arizona's
Indian lands on a grand scale.
Company
agrees to fund Black Mesa water study
Delegates
get rude welcome
Anti-Peabody protesters hammer tribal council on 'C'
Aquifer deal
Efforts
revived to save Black Mesa
Close to yet another agreement that will use more
water and
and Peabody will continue its rape of Black Mesa
Feds approve Black Mesa life-of-mine permit
CHINLE – In a move that surprised no one, the U.S. Office of Surface Mining gave Peabody Western
Coal Co. a Christmas present, approving the company's application to roll the closed Black
Mesa Mine into the life-of-mine permit for the Kayenta Mine....
Feds:
Benefits outweigh harm in Black Mesa
WINDOW ROCK — A draft Environmental Impact Statement
put out by the U.S. Office of Surface Mining
Reclamation and enforcement recommends that the Black
Mesa Mine be reopened and the neighboring
Kayenta Mine be expanded.
Feds,
Mine Owners Meet to Keep Mohave Power Plant Open
Peabody is winning again, and the People lose
Forecast murky for Black Mesa Project
WINDOW ROCK - A study to expand strip mining on Black Mesa may stall for lack of money.
Groups
challenge EIS
WINDOW ROCK - National and tribal environmental watchdog
groups have asked the Office of
Surface Mining to redraft the Black Mesa Project draft
Environmental Impact Statement.
Hopi
chair: Survival is tied to mine at Mohave
Killing the Hopi waters
an article written by Vernon Masayesva and found in
the print
edition of the Navajo Times, June 17, 2004
Hopi chairman denounces fed finding on Black Mesa
KEAMS CANYON, Ariz. � Suspended Hopi Tribal Chairman Benjamin Nuvamsa said last
week that a federal proposal to incorporate Peabody Western Coal Co.�s idle Black
Mesa coal mine into the permit for its Kayenta Mine is a premature decision that could
effectively shut out the tribe from decisions about its coal for years to come.
Hopis
face uncertain future
Chairman Taylor laments lack of water, jobs and mine
closures,
trying to build a case for the continuance of the
Black Mesa mine
Hopis sue over pipeline meetings
A class-action lawsuit might soon settle the question: Can federal agencies conduct important
business during ceremonial holidays when traditional Hopis are bound to be absent?
Hopi
Future Hinges on Economics of Energy
Leupp
residents anxious about Peabody water plans
LEUPP, Ariz. - More than 140 people showed up at
two public hearings held here on the U.S.
Office of Surface Mining's draft environmental impact statement on the
proposed Black Mesa Project last week.
Leupp Chapter considers Just Transition
LEUPP-Leupp Chapter officials and chapter members received a request for a resolution supporting
the Just Transition Coalition's proposal that includes plans to bring economic development and energy
to the Navajo and Hopi reservations.
MacDonald joins call to derail Black Mesa plan
The time has come for Peabody Coal Co. to leave Navajo land and let other companies
mine and market the coal reserves it has controlled for close to 50 years, a
former tribal leader said Tuesday.
Meetings held to educate public on Black Mesa EIS
Black Mesa Project document is lengthy and confusing, some say
KYKOTSMOVI, Ariz. - When one reads the Black Mesa Project Draft Environmental Impact Study (EIS),
it appears that the Hopi Tribe is a cooperating agency in the process-something that is just plain
wrong, according to Vernon Masayesva of the Hopi Tribe.
Mine
closing to hit Hopi budget hardest
Mine pipeline could dry up Leupp wells
Pumping water from the aquifer near Leupp to a reopened
Black Mesa Mine would
help restore hundreds of jobs and millions of dollars
in annual tribal revenues ... Seventeen Navajo
families in the path of the new pipeline would need
to be relocated...
Mining
the Sacred Water of Black Mesa
not really new but a good read about the effects of
Peabody on Black Mesa,
published in the winter 2002
Mohave
closure now permanent
note that in this Gallup Independent article there
is mention of the EIS coming out in July
Mohave Generating Station: Pollution
feud unresolved
Plant in Laughlin faces Dec. 31 closure for failing
to install $1 billion in controls
Mohave decommissioning good news, greens say
CHINLE - Southern California Edison's recent announcement that it will abandon efforts to sell the Mohave
Generating Station may be
bad news for Peabody Western Coal Co., but it's good news for local environmentalists who are pushing a
"Just Transition" to clean power.
Mohave demise leaves Black Mesa plan in limbo
&nsbp;WINDOW ROCK - Tomorrow, June 15, will mark one month since Southern California Edison threw in
the towel in its battle to revive the Mohave Generating Station, sole customer for coal from
the Navajo Nation's Black Mesa Mine.
Mohave
proposal gets mixed reaction
John Kennon, a Laughlin area resident who retired
from the closed coal-fired power plant there,
wonders why Nevada officials want to build another
one near Ely.
Mohave sale, restart dead
WINDOW ROCK - Efforts to find a buyer for Mohave Generating Station have failed, and co-owners are
now in the process of ceasing all activities aimed at preserving and restarting the plant,
Southern California Edison announced Tuesday in its monthly report to the California Public Utilities
Commission.
Mohave
to seek alternatives to keep plant, coalmine open
not a surprise ... article posted in the Navajo
Times December 17
Navajo Nation Home
Page (Navajo v. Peabody)
Navajo Nation given go ahead in suit against Peabody
and Southern
California Edison
Navajo, Hopi citizens vow to stop Peabody coal mine expansion
Flagstaff, Ariz. � Two days before Christmas, officials from the U.S. Office of Surface Mining have
granted a permit to Peabody Coal Company to expand their mining operations on Navajo and Hopi
lands, despite opposition from local communities and problems with the permitting process including
lack of adequate time for public comment on a significant revision to the permit, insufficient
environmental review, and instability in the Hopi government preventing their legitimate participation
in the process. OSM�s �Record of Decision� is the final stage of the permitting process for the
proposed �Black Mesa Project,� which would grant Peabody Coal Company a life-of-mine permit for the �Black Mesa Complex� in northern Arizona. Tribal citizens protest the
expanding mining operations of Peabody Coal Company.
Navajos
protest water talks with Peabody Coal
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. - Navajos marched to the Navajo Nation
Council and protested the tribe's
negotiations with Peabody Coal, opposing the use of
Navajos' pristine aquifer water by coal mines
and power plants. Navajos from remote areas, many of
whom live without running water and drive long
distances to haul their drinking water, protested ongoing
negotiations with Peabody Coal for
continued use of the N and C aquifers' water for coal
slurry in Arizona.
Navajo-style
plan arises to save coal jobs
plan includes allowing Peabody to continue using the
pristine water of the N-
Aquifer to save jobs at the Black Mesa mine
Navajos
protest energy exploitation at council
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. - Navajos arrived by horseback
and on foot at the tribal capitol
to protest the use of Navajo water for coal slurry
in Arizona, a plan to build
a new power plant in New Mexico, and extensive pollution
from oil and gas wells,
coal mines and power plants throughout the Navajo
Nation.
Don't
read too much into coal proposals
The March memo referred to in the Daily
Sun story, "Tribes desperate to reopen
coal mine," (May 7, 2006) was only a proposal,
not a legal document. It is incorrect
to say that the tribes were willing to
give up anything. The March 7 document does not
indicate what the tribes are willing to
give up. Therefore the Daily Sun piece
serves up speculation and an incomplete
story. Please note report
as well as the NRDC
report.
No power plant aids N-aquifer
Black Mesa Environmental Impact Statement to be reactivated
OSM
won't discuss Peabody's mining application with Hopi and Navajo
people
Peabody Announces Closure
Of Black Mesa Mine, Layoffs
nothing to celebrate. looks like this closure is only
temporary, that is until the MGS makes up its mind whether
bring itself up to par with environmental regulations
Peabody
leases may be invalid
well, what do ya know?!
Peabody's
Black Mesa Mine Fact Sheet - hearings have begun!
Peabody cited cited in fatal accident at Kayenta Mine
CHINLE - Faulty circuitry and short-cutting safety procedures led to the Nov. 5 accident at Peabody
Western Coal Co.'s Kayenta Mine that cost a Rough Rock man his life, the federal Mine Safety and Health
Administration has concluded.
Peabody
Energy's Crimes: Part I
the title for this article speaks for itself, giving
a brief history
of Peabody's destruction of the land no matter what
the cost.
Peabody
vs. Navajo Nation
Peabody
Coal
("The links explains (sic) the destruction of Black
Mesa by Peabody
Coal for Profit.")
Peabody
Coal Relocates Navajo - Background + Update
Peabody
happy with progress to keep Mohave plant open
So the doublespeak begins yet again to keep the rape
of Black Mesa
continuing, all in the interest of money. Peabody
"claims" to "respect
the cultural concerns" of both tribes, yet where was
this concern
as it depleted the N-Aquifer, affecting all living
in the region?
Trust Peabody and its figures? When pigs fly perhaps.
Ask the People residing on the land what they think
about this.
Plug pulled on power plant
Efforts to restart Mohave Generating Station halted, report says
Peabody to combine mines, upsetting tribes
Despite activists� and tribal objections, the federal agency that regulates surface mining
approved a permit revision that combines the coal reserves and facilities of Peabody Energy�s
two Arizona coal mines....
Power
down: polluting power plant near Laughlin may close in 2005
Riders
arrive carrying concerns of the people
Rush
put on keeping Mohave, Black Mesa open
Now it seems the US government has stepped in because
of this meeting called
by J. Steven Griles, the U.S. Interior Department's
Assistant Secretary
for Indian Trust Affairs, to try to keep both the
mine open and
the Mohave Generating Station. Looks like the quest
for dollars
Edison replies to Reid
LAUGHLIN - Southern California Edison has issued its replies to the latest attack by Sen. Harry Reid,
D-Nev., against restarting the mothballed coal-fired electric generating station in the middle of
Laughlin.
SCE: Plant purchase still possible
LAUGHLIN - Southern California Edison is traveling simultaneous tracks which lead in
opposite directions concerning the future of the idled Mohave Generating Station.
Shutdown
of Peabody pumps imminent
Masayesva's reflection on the closure of the Black
Mesa Mine, calling for
hydrologists checking of all wells because of concerns
of possible
contamination of the N-Aquifer.
Southern California Edison to sell Nevada Mohave plant
Southern California Edison and three other owners
will not try to reopen the Mohave Generating
Station in Laughlin, Nev., and instead will try to
sell it, the company announced Monday.
SRP wants to restart controversial coal plant
Salt River Project wants to restart a controversial
coal-fired power plant near Laughlin, Nev., that
was shut down in December because of environmental
problems.
Station won't be revived
LAUGHLIN - Southern California Edison is giving up its effort to resuscitate the Mohave Generating Station
after trying for almost two
years to revive the 1970s era plant which provided up to 1,500 megawatts of electricity to urban residents. May 23, 2007
Taylor:
Taking control of Hopi resources and our future
Hopi chairman tells Peabody halt using water
Tribe
struggles to digest loss of revenue
'Tell
Peabody to fly a kite'
Former Chairman McDonald says Navajos 'must control'
their water
It's time the Navajo Nation stood up, grabbed the
reins of a runaway horse, and took the
matter of tribal water rights into its own hands,
according to former Navajo Nation
Chairman Peter MacDonald.
Speaking at a "Water for Din NOT Peabody" public education
and awareness meeting in Dilkon Monday
afternoon, MacDonald who has a history
with water rights told the group his position is: "Anything that
has to do with the C-aquifer, or any aquifer for that
matter, is that the Navajo Nation must control
everything.
Trail ride for renewable energy begins today
BURNHAM - In 2005, Delegate Leonard Chee and his band of elders protesting the use of C-aquifer
water the Black Mesa Project, along with protesters from Black Mesa, and did not receive the warmest of
welcomes when they joined with other delegates on the annual Navajo Nation Council horse ride.
Tribe: heritage lost to mining
Big Mountain, an area near Black Mesa, Ariz., used to be a place of peace and tradition,
but now the land is being destroyed by the Peabody Coal Company, said Allen Cooper, a
former member of the Big Mountain Support Committee.
UPDATE 1-SCE ends efforts to restart Nevada Mohave plant
LOS ANGELES, June 19 (Reuters) - Southern California
Edison (SCE) said on Monday it will stop
trying to reopen its Mohave Generating Station in
Laughlin, Nevada, a coal-fired plant that has
drawn opposition from environmental groups and had
trouble securing supplies from Native American
tribes.
Use
of water for coal slurry challenged in Flagstaff
More information revealed through this scoping meeting
in Flagstaff, including
who else depends on the Coconino aquifer for water,
in this case, the town of
Flagstaff itself, thus shedding new light on the wording
in the Black Mesa Project
Project Statement where the wording includes should
the Coconino aquifer become
inacessible for any reason, Peabody will use the Navajo
aquifer. The
plan calls for water to be used from both aquifers.
No environmental
impact study has been completed in recent years though
one has been promised but
still no action in that regard.
Wanting it both ways
Group seeks funds from Laughlin power plant owners for lost jobs, environmental damage they
created
'We were denied'
Groups appeal U.S. decision to meld Black Mesa Mine with Kayenta mine permit
What's Next for MGS?
LAUGHLIN - The reaction of the Laughlin Chamber of Commerce typifies what local residents are facing
with Southern California Edison's recent announcement that it will no longer attempt to restart the
Mohave Generating Station as an electric generator....
| Save the Peaks |
[Please note: Most of the articles that appeared about saving the San Francisco Peaks have since disappeared. Please see Save the Peaks.org for new information.]
Tribes asked to pray for Peaks
WINDOW ROCK - Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley Jr. and Council Speaker Lawrence
Morgan are calling upon all tribes which hold the San Francisco Peaks sacred to join in
prayer Dec. 11, when the issue of desecrating the peaks goes before the U.S.
Court of Appeals for review.
Tribes demand respect for peaks
Tribes invoke Gods to Block Wastewater Snowmaking
Faced with one of its worst ski seasons in years amid an ongoing drought, operators of the Arizona
Snowbowl pitched a plan five years ago to make man-made snow by using treated wastewater
from the nearby city of Flagstaff.
U.S. Department of Justice files for rehearing of SF Peaks case
The sacred mountain is once again under threat due to the U.S. Department of Justice�s appealing the
ruling to prohibit artificial snowmaking using reclaimed wastewater on behalf of the Forest Service.
The initial ruliing of the case by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals thwarted attempts of proposed expansions
and artifiicial snowmaking by the Arizona Snowbowl, a local ski resort
Arrests
of Traditional Dineh Elders at Big Mountain, Arizona, July 2001
Sundance
ceremony leaves Hopi and Navajo communities bitter
(originally posted in Arizona Republic 7-17-01
now at BMIS)
Hopi
raid angers Navajos in land dispute (Arizona Republic 8/22/01)
Another story of this action with feeble attempts to
explain by the
HTC.
Sun
Dance site desecrated: Ceremonial prayer site flattened
Arrests
of Traditional Dineh Elders at Big Mountain
Update - Arrick Crittenden
WASHINGTON - El Paso Natural Gas Co. is lending support to a new Navajo effort to force federal cleanup
of one of the Cold War's last major toxic legacies.
EPA determines parcel near Church Rock is Indian Country
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - The Navajo Nation believes a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
ruling that a 160-acre parcel near Church Rock is "Indian Country" gives the tribe a stronger
position to fight uranium mining in the area.
Feds blasted for lack of cleanup
CHINLE - Members of the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform lambasted federal
officials Tuesday for the slow pace of uranium site cleanup on the Navajo Nation, witnesses at a Washington,
D.C. committee hearing reported.
Groups Organizing Against Navajo Nation Uranium Mining registration needed to access article
GALLUP - Activists are fighting the possibility of increased uranium mining on the Navajo reservation.
Navajo fight to shake off lethal nuclear legacy
Like many calamities faced by the Navajo since they were defeated by United States troops in
the 1860s, the trial visited upon America's largest native American tribe - whose 300,000 members
occupy a vast reservation of deserts, mesas, mountains and canyons that straddle Arizona, Utah and
New Mexico - originated with a decision made far away in Washington.
Navajo gets commitment on uranium contamination
WINDOW ROCK - Representatives of the Navajo Nation received a bipartisan commitment Tuesday from
members of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform to address "a modern American
tragedy" resulting from decades of uranium mining activities foisted on an uninformed Navajo public
by the U.S. government.
Nuclear Effects - The Navaho Nation
Officials look at mining impact
CHURCH ROCK - The dozen state senators and representatives clustered together in Teddy Nez's patchy
yard last week knew they were standing on dangerous ground.
A persistent cold
Former mine worker warns of 'the sickness' if uranium mining returns to Navajoland
Radioactive water near Hopi springs
Two Hopi villages and their wells lie in the path of a radioactive plume of water.
Tainted water heads to Hopi
WINDOW ROCK - On the rare occasion the Navajo Nation can convince someone else to clean up an old
uranium mill or mine, it's usually the federal government that sues the former owner. But the old mill by
Tuba City, Ariz., which the Navajo Nation has linked to a migrating plume of contaminated groundwater
threatening both Navajo and Hopi water supplies, is different.
Theft of Navajo Lands
Too hot to handle?
Rising uranium prices means jobs; but some say the risk is too great
Tribe takes on toxic waste
On the Navajo Reservation, abandoned uranium mines and other toxic waste sites now stand a much better
chance of remediation: The Navajo Nation Council just passed one of the most comprehensive toxic waste
laws in Indian country.
uranium documents on file
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