{"id":39262,"date":"2024-07-31T13:54:16","date_gmt":"2024-07-31T17:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=39262"},"modified":"2024-07-31T14:10:01","modified_gmt":"2024-07-31T18:10:01","slug":"they-snuck-through-tribes-condemn-shipment-of-uranium-material-through-their-lands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2024\/07\/31\/they-snuck-through-tribes-condemn-shipment-of-uranium-material-through-their-lands\/","title":{"rendered":"‘They snuck through’: Tribes condemn shipment of uranium material through their lands"},"content":{"rendered":" \"Pinyon<\/a>
An aerial view of the Pinyon Plain Mine in Arizona, located near the Grand Canyon and near Red Butte, a sacred site of the Havasupai Tribe. Photo by Bruce Gordon \/ Ecoflight<\/figcaption>\r\n
‘They snuck through’: Tribes condemn shipment of uranium material through their lands<\/div>\r\n
Wednesday, July 31, 2024<\/div>\r\n
By Acee Agoyo<\/div>\r\n
Indianz.Com<\/div>\r\n

<\/p>\r\nTribal leaders are condemning the primary producer of uranium in the United States for transporting hazardous materials through their territories without their consent and without advance notice.\r\n

<\/p>\r\nThe Havasupai Tribe<\/a> and the Navajo Nation<\/a> were informed on Tuesday morning that Energy Fuels Resources Inc.<\/a> had begun transporting uranium ore through Arizona. But the notice came not from the company but from the U.S. Forest Service<\/a>, prompting tribal leaders to accuse the producer of going back on its word regarding shipments from the Pinyon Plain Mine<\/a> near the Grand Canyon to a processing site in neighboring Utah.\r\n

<\/P>\r\n\u201cThey snuck through the Navajo Nation and they made it onto the Utah side, outside of the reservation,\u201d President Buu Nygren<\/a> said in a news release<\/a>. \u201cTo 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.\u201d\r\n

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