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Federal energy regulators have denied a key permit for a proposed hydro-storage project on the Navajo Nation. The controversial plan was slated for an environmentally and culturally sensitive area near the Little Colorado River.
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The Havasupai and Hopi tribes joined the Navajo Nation in a filing to intervene in legal challenges to the 2022 designation of the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni - Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument.
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Navajo Nation Vice President Richelle Montoya says she was sexually harassed in a staff meeting at the President and Vice President’s office last year. This is the second sexual misconduct allegation within the office recently.
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Hundreds of millions of people in the United States are expected to watch the solar eclipse on Monday. But many Navajos follow traditional teachings to give the sun “privacy” during the event.
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Navajo textile artist Naiomi Glasses first went viral for clips of her skateboarding on the sandstone of the Navajo Nation. She’s now the first artist-in-residence for the fashion brand Ralph Lauren.
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After nearly 55 years, the land leased for the Navajo Generating Station by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and five utilities has been returned to the Navajo Nation.
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A coalition of groups has formally asked Arizona utility regulators to provide economic resources for communities near closed coal-fired power plants.
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The $1.2 trillion budget package passed by Congress Friday didn't include an extension for the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act. The legislation compensates people who lived downwind from nuclear test sites and developed cancer as a result.
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The Navajo Nation Department of Justice has submitted comments to federal regulators opposing a controversial hydro-storage project slated for the reservation.
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A Navajo state senator is hoping for final approval of her bill to tighten regulations for rehab facilities amid widespread fraud that has bilked millions in Arizona Medicaid dollars and scammed Native Americans seeking help for addictions.