Category: Navajo

Tribes Divided Over 20-Year Halt to Oil and Gas Drilling in Chaco Canyon

June 2, 2023
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Interior Secretary Deb Haaland on June 2 revealed her department is withdrawing more than 336,000 acres of public land around Chaco Culture National Historical Park in New Mexico from oil and gas drilling for 20 years, building on an announcement from President Joe Biden in November 2021. “Today marks an important step in fulfilling President…

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US Judge Orders Man Held in Case of Missing Navajo Woman

April 7, 2023
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The family of a Native American woman who went missing from her home on the Navajo Nation pleaded with the man accused of assaulting her and taking her pickup truck, asking during a court hearing Friday that he tell them where he left Ella Mae Begay so they could bring her home and find closure….

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Illinois Senior Refuses to Remove Religious Symbols; Denied Graduation Ceremony

May 24, 2022
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Nimkii Curley grew up hearing the stories of his grandparents and great grandparents, all survivors of the Federal Indian boarding school system which purposely erased Native American culture in generations of children, spanning 150 years, in an effort to take Native American land. His Navajo grandfather, 90, lives with Curley, 17, and his parents and…

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Navajo Nation Fights Back Against Biden Administration’s Move to Restrict Drilling Near Chaco Canyon

November 16, 2021
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The Biden administration conveyed its intention Monday to pause new oil and gas drilling for twenty years within a ten-mile radius of the Chaco Canyon National Historical Park, which already prohibits oil and gas drilling within its borders, drawing objections from the 24th Navajo Nation Council, which represents allottees of oil and gas leasing within the…

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