Arizona Republic Delves Deep Into Uranium-Mining Legacy on the Navajo Nation

ICTMN Staff
8/12/14
From the Alberta oil sands to the Gulf of Mexico, Native peoples across Turtle Island are afflicted with ills related to industrial development—development that was undertaken with...

Once Upon a Mine: National Institutes of Health Details Uranium's Toxic Legacy to Navajo

ICTMN Staff
2/6/14
It is no secret that uranium mines have been contaminating the Navajo reservation and its inhabitants for decades. But it wasn’t always that way...

Navajo Nation Could Get $1 Billion in Damages for Uranium Mess

ICTMN Staff
12/18/13
The Navajo Nation could net up to $1 billion for the cleanup of abandoned uranium mines and processing plants in Cove, Arizona and Shiprock, New Mexico, after a bankruptcy judge ru...

20-Year Ban on New Uranium-Mining Claims in Grand Canyon Holds Up in Court

ICTMN Staff
3/22/13
The Havasupai Tribe, and the Grand Canyon watershed, won in U.S...
Charmaine White Face

No Amount of Uranium Is Safe

There is a situation brewing in western South Dakota that has quite a few people concerned about the safety of soldiers in the South Dakota Army National Guard. It’s not that they will be going overseas to fight....

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2/11/13

NPR Exposes Loophole that Allows Dumping of Toxic Oil Residue on Wind River Reservation

ICTMN Staff
11/18/12
National Public Radio (NPR) has unearthed documents via the federal Freedom of Information Act that show how a legal loophole enables oil companies to let oil-laden wastewater flow...

Ongoing Health Study May Explain High Cancer Rates on Wind River Indian Reservation

Irina Zhorov
11/5/12
On the Wind River Indian Reservation in central Wyoming, an ongoing community health study may finally have the data to back up community members' claims about high cancer rates, a...

Overlooked Highway 160 Site on Navajo Nation Now Cleaned Up

Anne Minard
2/2/12
The Navajo Nation is celebrating the hard-won “clean closure” of a uranium waste dumping ground that was overlooked during federal cleanup efforts in the 1990s...

Anishinabek Invoke NIMBY Clause for Radioactive Material

ICTMN Staff
1/21/12
Aboriginals keeping close tabs on Bruce Power’s plans to ship nuclear waste north are reiterating their opposition to the idea in the wake of revelations that Canada has shipped at...

Decision on Mt. Taylor Uranium Mine Due After September 1

ICTMN Staff
8/21/11
[Editor's note: An earlier version of this post stated that the New Mexico Mining and Minerals Department was to deliver its decision on this matter on September 1...

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