#ToxicAir Resulted in #Cancer for #Navajo, #Apache and #WesternShoshone

#Copper and Gold #Mining, and #Coal-Fired Power Plants, Resulted in Cancer for Navajo, Apache, and Western #Shoshone

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, September 4, 2023

"A copper smelter poisoning the air of Apaches, the coal-fired power plants on the #NavajoNation, and gold mining on Western Shoshone land, are among the top causes of cancer from #AirPollution in the United States, according to a new report, Poison in the Air, by #ProPublica.

"The #FreeportMcMoran copper smelter in #MiamiArizona -- located between the #SanCarlos #ApacheNation, and Apaches Sacred #OakFlat -- is the third in the United States for producing toxic air pollution causing cancer. The poison air means the central Arizona community of Miami has ten times the EPA's acceptable risk of cancer. Apaches are now in federal court battling both the mining industry, and the #BidenAdministration to stop another #CopperMine nearby at Oak Flat which would destroy their ceremonial place."

Read more:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2023/09/toxic-air-resulted-in-cancer-for-navajo.html

#EnvironmentalRacism #ToxicAir #Mining #IndigenousNews #SaveOakFlat #NativeAmericanNews

Sunset Tree
Navajo National Monument, AZ

A small gem of a park west of Kayenta. There are trails to view ancient ruins (some require a guide.) A small campground includes a paved and primitive loop. There is a visitor/interpretive center with a native gift shop.

#TreeTuesday #photo #landscape #NavajoNation #Arizona

Honor Code Talkers: Watch online the USNS Navajo Christening tomorrow, Saturday, August 26, 10:45 a.m. ET. link to watch the ceremonyhttps://www.dvidshub.net/webcast/32578
#NavajoNation #history

Junction Ruin & Canyon Wall
Canyon de Chelly National Monument, AZ
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Last Thursday I posted a close up photo of this ancient puebloan ruin. See the post here: https://techhub.social/@bosquebill/110786619532243689

Today I show the entire facade of the canyon which barely fit in the picture. The white sandstone at the top of the image is the floor of the mesa top. You can see autumn cottonwoods on the canyon floor.

https://www.nps.gov/cach/index.htm

#ThrowbackThursday #history #AncientPuebloan #Diné #NavajoNation #photo #Arizona

Honor the Life of Roy Wiegand https://bikemonterey.org/honor-the-life-of-roy-wiegand.html

The collision occurred on eastbound San Miguel Canyon Road, west of Hambey Lane, in Monterey County. California Highway Patrol indicated that both Roy Wiegand and the driver of a Ford Ranger were traveling east on San Miguel Canyon Road, and Roy was biking in the designated bike lane, when the driver made an unsafe right turn and hit Roy with his truck.

More details from Madilynne Medina in SF Gate, "California musician dies in bike collision on charity ride."
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/california-musician-dies-bike-collision-charity-18275807.php

#RoysRide2023 #NavajoWaterProject #NavajoNation #Water

#RIPRoyWiegand
#GhostBike #MontereyCounty #Monterey

#RoyWiegand #Musician #Trumpet

#VisionZero

#BikeTooter

We mourn the death of Roy Wiegand, killed July 29 while bicycling in Monterey County.

One way to honor Roy's life: make a donation in his memory to the Navajo Water Project. As Roy said in June about why he was again biking to raise funds for that project, "One out of three Navajo live without a toilet or a sink....We're trying in a small way to right some wrongs." —Roy Wiegand

https://youtu.be/lD08kJxxlSY

#RoysRide2023 #NavajoWaterProject #NavajoNation #Water

#RIPRoy Wiegand
#GhostBike #MontereyCounty

#RoyWiegand #Musician #Trumpet

The Navajo Suffered From Nuclear Testing. Oppenheimer Doesn't Tell Our Story #Indigenous #Indigedon #NavajoNation

https://time.com/6296470/oppenheimer-navajo-uranium-mining-essay/

The purple link happens to be a place I know something about so I updated the rather vague location description with geocoordinates and a recent literature reference about the place. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuska_Valley #Wikipedia #southwest #navajonation

Junction Ruin
Canyon de Chelly National Monument, AZ

The ruin is named (by us bilagáana at any rate) because it is located at the junction between the main canyon, Canyon de Chelly, and Canyon del Muerto. It is closer to the canyon mouth than White House Ruins that I've featured previously. View point is on the main southern road.

https://www.nps.gov/cach/index.htm

#ThrowbackThursday #history #AncientPuebloan #Diné #NavajoNation #photo #Arizona

There has been a lot of #news about the #USSupremeCourt. I wrote so much so that it fit into 3 explainer videos about the #SupremeCourt. In Part 1: I talk about the recent decisions.

https://youtu.be/2UPo5amKk3c

#SCOTUS #supremecourtdecision #politics #studentdebtrelief #LGBTQ #LGBTQdiscrimination #AffirmativeAction #freedomofreligion #freedomofspeech #history #ushistory #stalking #freespeech #navajonation #waterrights #EPA #EnvironmentalProtectionAgency #CleanWaterAct #video #videoessay #youtube

There was a lot of #news about the #USSupremeCourt. I wrote so much so that it fit into 3 explainer videos about the #SupremeCourt.
In Part 1: I talk about the recent decisions.

https://youtu.be/2UPo5amKk3c

#SCOTUS #supremecourtdecision #politics #studentdebtrelief #LGBTQ #LGBTQdiscrimination #AffirmativeAction #freedomofreligion #freedomofspeech #history #ushistory #stalking #freespeech #navajonation #waterrights #EPA #EnvironmentalProtectionAgency #CleanWaterAct #video #videoessay #youtube

Highly competitive schools will not be permitted to factor race into their decision making, which reduces our access to these schools,” said UNM professor Wendy Greyeyes. “It is disappointing that the majority of supreme court justices don’t recognize that race is still a reality for our country.”
#indigenous #NavajoNation #affirmativeaction

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2023/07/16/supreme-court-affirmative-action-decision-could-limit-indigenous-admissions/70414746007/

White House Ruin (wide view)
Canyon de Chelly, AZ

A few weeks ago I posted a close up of these ruins taken from this vantage with a telephoto lens. Today I show a wide angle so you can appreciate the scale of the ruins versus the immensity of the canyon. Enlarge to spot the ruins at the bottom of the far side just to the left of center; there are two tiers. Diné still populate the canyon.

#ThrowbackThursday #photo #NavajoNation #history #ruins #Arizona

Pink News: Navajo Nation lawmaker introduces bill to legalise same-sex marriage https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/06/navajo-nation-same-sex-marriage/ #LGBT #LGBTQ #Trans #Lesbian #2SLGBTQ #samesexmarriage #navajonation #Americas #Politics #News #Law

“I think what makes the Navajo Nation more open-minded is that there are young leaders that are coming into leadership roles,” Tomahawk Martini said. “A lot of older leaders have been more influenced by boarding schools and forced colonization, that whole generation where it was Christian-based.“

#NavajoNation #indigenous #lgbtqia

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2023/06/26/navajo-leaders-celebrate-lgbtq-pride-call-for-marriage-equality/70357643007/

Supreme Court Keeps Navajo Nation Waiting for Water
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Decades of negotiations between the tribe and Arizona over water rights have proven fruitless. The court case was the Navajo Nation’s bid to accelerate the process and secure water for its reservation.

w/ High Country News

#SupremeCourt #SCOTUS #Navajo #NavajoNation #Water

https://www.propublica.org/article/supreme-court-navajo-nation-water-rights-scotus?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#SupremeCourt rules against #Navajo Nation in water supply case

The court pointed to treaties signed in the 1800s to support its decision. The #NavajoNation suit comes as water from the #ColoradoRiver is scarce and states in the arid southwest are tangled in disputes over water allocation.

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN, Jun 23, 2023

"The suit comes as water from the Colorado River is scarce and states located in the arid southwest are tangled in disputes concerning water allocation. The tribe claims that while the average person on the Navajo reservation uses seven gallons of water a day, that national average is 80 to 100 gallons.

"The nation, which extends across #Arizona, #NewMexico and #Utah and lies within the drainage basin of the Colorado River, has signed two treaties with the United States. In 1868, the United States promised the tribe a permanent homeland.

"Shay Dvoretzky, a lawyer for the Navajo Nation, told the Supreme Court: that the Navajos 'made clear' that they understood the 'promise of a permanent homeland' in the 1800s to include 'adequate water for agriculture and raising livestock. Hauled from miles away, water can cost up to twenty times more than it does in neighboring off-Reservation communities,' he argued. "

#WaterIsLife #RespectTheTreaties #NativeAmericanNews #WaterRights

Read more:
https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/supreme-court-rules-against-navajo-nation-in-water-supply-case/1547711

The largest tribal #Pride event is #NavajoNation Pride. Here are some pics I took from today’s event. Last year, I covered the Heard Museum’s drag show and all hell broke loose with #Arizona #Republican lawmakers wanting to outlaw kids from drag shows.

Today the crowd had children, teens, middle age adults and elders - it was great!

#NavajoNation #drag #lgbtq #indigenous #arizona

The #SupremeCourt has ruled against the #NavajoNation in a case centered on the tribe’s rights to the drying #ColoradoRiver.

The tribe claimed it was the federal government’s legal duty to help figure out their future #water needs, and aid them in using their #rights. But in a 5-4 decision, the justices said an 1868 treaty included no such #promises.

https://www.kunc.org/news/2023-06-22/supreme-court-rules-against-navajo-nation-in-colorado-river-case

by #KolbyKickingwoman in #ICT:

"The U.S. Supreme Court said the United States is not required 'to take affirmative steps to secure water for the Tribe' because that provision is not explicitly stated in the Navajo Treaty of 1868, according to its ruling in a 5-4 vote in Arizona v. Navajo Nation, released Thursday."

https://ictnews.org/news/supreme-court-rejects-navajo-nations-water-rights-trust-claim

#SupremeCourt #SCOTUS #water #Navajo #NavajoNation #NavajoTreaty