Navajo communities along the 174-mile stretch of the uranium haul route on Diné lands say the tribe and mining company are failing to share crucial safety info
Protestors gathered in the Navajo capital to raise awareness of what they said were threats to their freedoms.
The case has seemingly few clues and the family has little means to return man's remains to their Navajo homeland in New Mexico.
The Navajo Nation lacks uranium-specific emergency plans as multiple agencies struggle to coordinate response for nuclear shipments.
At least 15 Indigenous people in Arizona and New Mexico have reported being stopped at their homes and workplaces, questioned or detained by federal law enforcement and asked to produce proof of citizenship during immigration raids since Wednesday,
The agreement that will allow the mining company to ship ore from its mine near the Grand Canyon to a mill in Utah.
Curley was first elected speaker two years ago as a freshman council member. She was the first woman elected to the post.
Despite a federal ruling rejecting a motion to remove protections on land in near the Grand Canyon, an agreement between Navajo Nation and Energy Fuels will allow the company to resume uranium mining and shipments in February.
A Navajo Nation official said the agreement with the company, which began the transports over objections by the tribe and local governments last year, was in in the tribe's "best interest" instead of a legal battle.
Navajo Nation officials say at least 15 tribal members in Arizona have been wrongfully detained and questioned during the immigration sweeps.
The Naabik’íyáti’ committee called on the Navajo Nation President to address concerns and issues about ICE raids in Arizona and neighboring states.
Colorado-based Energy Fuels will enhance some of its safety standards for shipping uranium from its mine near Grand Canyon National Park through the Navajo Nation, to its processing plant in southern Utah.