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Uranium mining has been a point of contention for Southwest tribal nations for decades.
Cronkite News: Navajo Nation pushes for passage of radiation compensation bill (September 30, 2024)
People exposed to radiation from atomic bomb tests and uranium mines rallied at the U.S. Capitol to demand action on a stalled compensation program. 
Cronkite News: Navajo Nation rallies at U.S. Capitol for radiation compensation (September 24, 2024)
Survivors of nuclear testing and uranium mines are ramping up pressure on Congress to reauthorize a federal compensation program that expired in June. 
Cronkite News: Navajo Nation asserts authority over uranium shipments (September 23, 2024)
The shipment of uranium ore from the new Pinyon Plain Mine near the Grand Canyon has outraged leaders of the Navajo Nation. 
How are tribes leveraging sovereignty to halt the mining and transport of uranium across their lands?
Tribal leaders are condemning the primary producer of uranium for transporting hazardous materials through their territories without their consent and without advance notice.
A federal program to compensate people exposed to fallout from U.S. nuclear testing expired, leaving countless Navajo Nation residents in limbo.
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. 
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. 
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.
The Trump administration has approved a controversial mining operation on Sioux Nation treaty territory in South Dakota.
Sen. Tom Udall (D-New Mexico) discusses Indian issues in farewell speech (December 9, 2020)
Sen. Tom Udall (D-New Mexico) discusses Indian issues as he delivers his final speech on the U.S. Senate floor on December 8, 2020.
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