3 die in Navajo Nation flooding, sacred mountain threatened by uranium mining interests & more
Authorities said that three people died early Wednesday morning after being swept away by flood waters on the Navajo Nation.
The Associated Press reports that police officers received a call around 12:30 a.m. about people being washed away near Newcomb in northwestern New Mexico.
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The prospect of new uranium mines is testing state protections of a mountain in northwest New Mexico. Mount Taylor is sacred to the Navajo Nation, the Hopi Tribe, and the Pueblos of Laguna, Acoma and Zuni. Tribal members described a millennia-long relationship with the mountain at a meeting of the Radioactive and…
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