The Navajo Indians are on the warpath. The largest indigenous tribe in the United States, the Navajo Indians, opposed plans to expand uranium mining and transportation on their lands, the press service of tribal Chairman Buu Nygren reported on May 8.
Nygren called on US President Joe Biden to ban uranium mining in Navajo territory.
“Our Navajo people, our land and our water are very valuable to us, and we remain firm in our stance against uranium…Together we are sending a strong signal to Washington to stop uranium mining in (territories – approx. IA Krasnaya Vesna) “Navajo”the message said.
The Navajo Nation has approximately 400,000 people. The tribe’s territory covers 70,000 square kilometers in Arizona, New Mexico and Utah. Uranium mining on Navajo lands has caused harm to human health and the environment in the past.
The United States’ decision to ban the import of Russian uranium could lead to the resumption of uranium mining in areas dangerous to human health and the environment. American media reported on plans by American uranium producers to begin transporting uranium ore on public roads from a mine in Arizona, near the Grand Canyon, to a processing plant in southern Utah across lands where Navajo Indians live, as well as those already initiated. mining in Utah almost 10 years after closure.
Nygren also signed the tribe’s resolution calling on US President Joe Biden to ban these types of operations due to threats to public health and the environment.
Source: Rossa Primavera
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