Posts by Tó Nizhóní Ání
Hydropower Developers’ no-show at Kayenta Chapter meeting leaves Impacted Communities with more questions than answers
For Immediate Release November 20, 2025 Contact: Hydropower Developers’ no-show at Kayenta Chapter meeting leaves Impacted Communities with more questions than answers Chapter officials table hydropower resolution, ask for more community info sessions as FERC seeks to end a policy blocking permits on Tribal land, absent Tribal support. KAYENTA, Ariz— On a cloudy, rainy Wednesday afternoon, the Kayenta…
Read More3rd Annual Save the Confluence Family Gathering
3rd Annual Save the Confluence Family Gathering Earlier this month Tó Nizhóní Ání team members traveled to the westernmost edge of the Navajo Nation to be in solidarity with the families behind the Save the Confluence efforts. In the early 2000s, a project was proposed above the confluence in an area where the Navajo Nation meets the Grand Canyon National…
Read MoreYouth Printmaking Workshop
Youth Printmaking Workshop On Monday, October 6th, 2025, Tó Nizhóní Ání organized a Youth Printmaking Workshop at the Hardrock Chapter House, which began at 8 AM by setting up and receiving community to ending the event by mopping, wiping the last countertop, and giving away the last bowl of tóshchíín (blue corn mush). The Printmaking…
Read MoreWorld Rivers Day 2025
Happy World Rivers Day! #WorldRiversDay is a celebration of the world’s waterways. It highlights the many values of rivers and strives to increase public awareness, and encourages the improved stewardship of rivers around the world. Here on the Navajo Nation, our current boundary of our homeland is marked by some of the major rivers vital…
Read MoreKey Navajo Nation leadership absent in Kayenta Mine Permit Renewal meeting
Key Navajo Nation leadership absent in Kayenta Mine Permit Renewal meeting OPINION | Adrian Herder, Tó Nizhóní Ání For more than five years, Peabody Western Coal Co. has been conducting reclamation activities at the former Kayenta Coal Mine without a valid permit. The permit, which must be renewed every five years, expired in July 2020,…
Read MoreTransition Navajo
Just and Equitable Transition Navajo Nation For decades the Navajo Nation dedicated precious resources to single extractive industries after years of enduring pollution and resource depletion. It’s time to change our ways! We must no longer serve industrial purposes. We must bolster our local economy. Adopt fresh perspectives, embrace renewable energy integration, and create pathways…
Read MoreSummer Interns 2025
Tó Nizhóní Ání Summer 2025 Interns and Volunteers As we close out the summer and transition into the fall season, Tó Nizhóní Ání (TNA) would like to take this time to thank our Summer 2025 Interns and Volunteers who spent their summer with us. Whether that’s in-person in the office and on the watershed or…
Read MoreRemembering Chei Johnny
Remembering Chei Johnny Tó Nizhóní Ání (TNA) would like to express gratitude to the late Johnny Weiss, who passed on July 10, 2025. Those close to Johnny described him as a ‘trailblazer in solar energy”, a teacher to thousands. At TNA we knew him as “Chei Johnny”. He was not only an awesome instructor but our…
Read MoreTó Nizhóní Ání raises concerns about gas expansion in the Four Corners Region at the Arizona Corporation Commission
Tó Nizhóní Ání raises concerns about gas expansion in the Four Corners Region at the Arizona Corporation Commission August 25, 2025 Contact Shiprock, NM – On Monday, August 25, 2025, Tó Nizhóní Ání (TNA) submitted comments to the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) Docket No. G-00000 A-25-0029 to raise concerns and issues about the impacts of…
Read MoreNavajo Nation Council Public Hearing on Coal
25th Navajo Nation Council Public Hearing on Coal On Friday, May 30, 2025, the Office of the Speaker held a public hearing on coal at the Forest Lake Chapter House in Forest Lake (Tsiiyi’ Be’ak’id), Arizona. This open forum allowed participants to share their input and comments regarding the Federal Executive Order 14241, “Reinvigorating America’s…
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