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Native America Calling: Oppenheimer’s lasting nuclear threat for tribes (August 1, 2023)

Native people in New Mexico were among those who saw the flash of the first test of the atomic bomb in 1945.

Cronkite News: Tribes support greater protections for sacred sites (October 3, 2022)

Tribal leaders urged lawmakers to pass a package of bills that would protect cultural and sacred sites on public lands.

Native America Calling: The threat and promise of uranium (April 6, 2022)

Remnants of more than 500 uranium mines on the Navajo Nation have been a threat to residents for decades.

Pinyon Plain Mine formerly known as Canyon Mine

Cronkite News: Court sides with company in dispute over Grand Canyon uranium mine (February 24, 2022)

A federal appeals court ruled that a uranium mine near the Grand Canyon can operate, even though it sits on land declared off-limits to new mining.

Kaiser Health News: Navajo Nation deals with consequences of uranium mining (February 17, 2022)

On July 16, 1979, a dam broke at a uranium mine, releasing 1,100 tons of radioactive waste and pouring 94 million gallons of contaminated water onto the Navajo Nation.

Native America Calling: “Exposure” art exhibit voices nuclear frustrations (September 10, 2021)

Indigenous artists from North America and beyond document their relationships with nuclear testing and uranium contamination in a new exhibit.

Cronkite News: Navajo Nation to see cleanup of more uranium sites (February 16, 2021)

The Environmental Protection Agency will award $220 million in contracts to clean up some of the hundreds of abandoned uranium mines on the Navajo Nation.

Cronkite News: Biden administration promises ban on mining around Grand Canyon (January 5, 2021)

For four years, the Trump administration took steps to boost uranium mining for what it called national security reasons, a move environmentalists saw as an attempt to open the door to mining near the Grand Canyon.