Navajo Nation Council Summer Session Opens With Reports
WINDOW ROCK The Navajo Nation Council begins its summer session Monday with a full day of reports and only four resolutions on the agenda including the Smoke Free Navajo Nation Act 2011 and the Peabody lease reopener President Ben Shelly will deliver the State of the Navajo Nation address Speaker Johnny Naizéon and key agency leaders are slated to report Oral updates are expected from the Bureau of Indian Affairs Indian Health Service Navajo Nation Controller Mark Grant Attorney General Harrison Tsosie Chief Justice Herb Yazzie and Interior Assistant Secretary Larry Echo Hawk An Arizona district candidate Wenona Benally will also be heard plus a Title 1 and Title 5 hospital contract update See Session begins Page 5
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Turbulent Rio Puerco floods Navajo sheep herders near Churchrock
In July 1979 a dam at United Nuclear Corp released millions of gallons of radioactive waste into the Rio Puerco. Navajo grandmothers preparing to move sheep crossed the swollen river unaware of the danger. Anna Bordon recalls hiking near New Mexico Highway 566, recalling the dam’s location 32 years prior. The Rondon Navajo Nation Energy Economy Tribal Outreach director joined a group of environmental advocates amid the incident.
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