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Havsuw' Baaja, #Havasupai, Guardians of the #GrandCanyon oppose uranium mining to protect their land and water for future generations.
"We are deeply disappointed in #EnergyFuelsResources, Inc., and the #Navajo Nation for the dangerous decision to allow hauling of radioactive material across our aboriginal lands,"

https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2025/02/havasupai-tribe-deeply-disappointed-in.html

#firstNations #uranium

#Navajo President #BuuNygren issues executive order to enforce laws to ban irresponsible, unsafe transport of #radioactive material across #NavajoNation

By Navajo President Buu Nygren, #CensoredNews
July 31, 2024

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – "Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren today issued an executive order to require an agreement be in place prior to the transport of radioactive material through the Navajo Nation.

"The executive order will be in effect for the next six months.
'This was much needed,' the President said. 'We’re taking this stance of interpreting and executing the law to ensure the safety of our people and respect for Navajo #sovereignty. It’s our job as the executive branch to enforce these laws.'

"Citing the Navajo Nation Natural Resources Protection Act of 2005 and the Navajo Nation’s 2012 Radioactive and Related Substances, Equipment, Vehicles, Persons and Materials Transportation Act, he said Navajo laws regarding the transportation of radioactive materials have been in place for well over a decade.

"'We’re a land of laws,' President Nygren said. 'As the executive branch, as the President of the Navajo Nation, we’re here to enforce these laws to make sure nobody’s breaking these laws.'

"Yesterday, #EnergyFuelsResources , Inc., owner of the #PinyonPlainMine south of Grand Canyon did not provide notice to Navajo Nation officials of the transport of and estimated 50 tons of #uranium mine ore through the heart of the Navajo Nation.

"The company’s failure to seek approval from the Navajo Nation for the transport of radioactive materials across its land disregards the Nation’s governmental authority and sovereignty, President Nygren said.

"'If you’re going to smuggle uranium into our borders and across our Nation and outside, that’s pretty much illegal,' he said. 'I’m very disappointed that this is happening in this day and age.'"

Read more:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/08/navajo-president-issues-executive-order.html

#EnergyFuels #PinyonPlain #ReaderSupportedNews #NoUraniumMining #IndigenousNews #IndigenousResistance
#DefendTheSacred #DefendMotherEarth #EarthDefenders #WaterIsLife #HaulNo #EnvironmentalRacism

#Navajo Nation: Two #Uranium Trucks Reached Mill as Tribal Police Pursued

Navajo President #BuuNygren, Navajo Council Speaker Crystalyne Curley condemn today’s unauthorized transport of uranium ore through Nation

Navajo Nation Statement,
#CensoredNews, July 30, 2024

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – "Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren this morning deployed the Navajo police to attempt to halt the illegal transportation of uranium ore from the Pinyon Plain Mine to the White Mesa Mill in southeastern Utah.
By the end of the day, he received a report that two trucks carrying the uranium ore had reached Utah.

"'What was very disappointing today is that we were under the assumption that we would get 10 days or two weeks heads up if that this was going to happen,' he said. 'Then, at the same time, we were made aware that transportation was not going to happen until October or November.'

"The President said he learned at 11:30 a.m. today that the trucks were en route without notification from #EnergyFuels, the owner of the #PinyonPlain Mine, that the transportation of ore was to happen.

"'They snuck through the #NavajoNation and they made it onto the Utah side, outside of the reservation,' the President said. 'To me, they operated covertly to travel the Navajo Nation illegally. It’s very disappointing that they did that, that they smuggled uranium across our Nation which is very inappropriate.'

"Navajo Nation Council Speaker Crystalyne Curley expressed the concern of the Council upon hearing the news.
'The Navajo Nation Council strongly condemn today’s action by #EnergyFuelsResources,' the Speaker said. 'Our Navajo people have suffered for many years, and many lost their lives due to #UraniumMining on our homelands. The Navajo Nation will continue to oppose and fight against the transportation of uranium ore through our lands for the health and safety of our people.'"

Read more:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/07/navajo-nation-two-uranium-truck-reached.html

#ReaderSupportedNews #NoUraniumMining #IndigenousNews #IndigenousResistance #DefendTheSacred #DefendMotherEarth #EarthDefenders #WaterIsLife #HaulNo #EnvironmentalRacism