http://www.indigenousaction.org Fri, 09 Dec 2011 17:40:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.indigenousaction.org/uranium-mining-begins-near-grand-canyon/ http://www.indigenousaction.org/uranium-mining-begins-near-grand-canyon/#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 07:55:55 +0000 admin http://www.indigenousaction.org/?p=396 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { width: 50%; padding-top: 1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float: left; margin: 4px 4px 4px 4px; } Thousands of Claims Threaten Public Health & Sacred Lands By Klee Benally Grand Canyon, AZ — In defiance of legal challenges and a U.S. Government moratorium, Canadian company Denison Mines has started mining uranium on the north rim of the Grand Canyon. According to the Arizona Daily Sun the mine has been operating since December 2009. [...]]]> http://www.indigenousaction.org/uranium-mining-begins-near-grand-canyon/feed/ 23 http://www.indigenousaction.org/environmental-groups-gain-court-victory-over-peabody-coal-on-black-mesa/ http://www.indigenousaction.org/environmental-groups-gain-court-victory-over-peabody-coal-on-black-mesa/#comments Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:55:30 +0000 admin http://www.indigenousaction.org/?p=388 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { width: 50%; padding-top: 1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float: left; margin: 4px 4px 4px 4px; } BLACK MESA, AZ — The Department of Interior (DOI) has denied Peabody Coal Company’s expansion operations on Black Mesa, AZ. Peabody had been planning to combine both their Kayenta and Black Mesa mines, pump more water for transporting coal, reactivate the Black Mesa mine, and acquire a “Life of Mine” permit. Peabody’s expansion plans were [...]]]> http://www.indigenousaction.org/environmental-groups-gain-court-victory-over-peabody-coal-on-black-mesa/feed/ 0 http://www.indigenousaction.org/democracy-unwelcome-on-navajo-and-hopi-nations/ http://www.indigenousaction.org/democracy-unwelcome-on-navajo-and-hopi-nations/#comments Sat, 03 Oct 2009 05:35:57 +0000 admin http://www.indigenousaction.org/?p=321 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { width: 50%; padding-top: 1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float: left; margin: 4px 4px 4px 4px; } This is a response to news releases sent out by Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley & the Hopi Tribal Council. Read the news and releases below this statement. (Friday, October 2nd, 2009) Window Rock, AZ — In a recent proclamation the President of the Navajo Nation, Joe Shirley Jr., sided with the Hopi Tribal Council [...]]]> http://www.indigenousaction.org/democracy-unwelcome-on-navajo-and-hopi-nations/feed/ 0 http://www.indigenousaction.org/navajo-nation-council-calls-on-obama-to-protect-sacred-places/ http://www.indigenousaction.org/navajo-nation-council-calls-on-obama-to-protect-sacred-places/#comments Fri, 24 Apr 2009 09:51:15 +0000 admin http://www.indigenousaction.org/?p=283 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { width: 50%; padding-top: 1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float: left; margin: 4px 4px 4px 4px; } On April 22nd Earth Day, the Navajo Nation Council passed a resolution calling on Obama to protect sacred places. The document also calls on the US to immediately sign onto the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The Navajo Nation Council additionally urges the US President to meet with the tribe to discuss the protection of the holy [...]]]> http://www.indigenousaction.org/navajo-nation-council-calls-on-obama-to-protect-sacred-places/feed/ 0