Posts by Tó Nizhóní Ání
Black Mesa to Catskills Exchange Program
Catskills Exchange By Raeanna Johnson, Raina Silver, Iris Gillingham, and Liv Bigtree. On June 18, 2024, the Black Mesa to Catskills Exchange Program began with two Diné (Navajo) youth, Raeanna Johnson and Raina Silver, from the Black Mesa region, traveling to the Catskills Mountains region of New York. The rest of the exchange participants, who…
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Resource and Development Committee Regular Meeting Tó Nizhóní Ání (TNA) provided a report in Diné to the Navajo Nation Resource and Development Committee (RDC) on hydrogen and proposed hydrogen projects on or near the Navajo Nation on Monday, July 22, 2024. More specifically, TNA reported on its educational efforts over the last three years across…
Read MoreSummer Session Demonstration
25th Navajo Nation Council Summer Session Demonstration On Monday July 15, 2024, Tó Nizhóní Ání (TNA) attended the opening of the 25th Navajo Nation Council Summer Session. TNA took this opportunity to continue the message that Navajo communities and chapters are concerned and also directly oppose the proposed GreenView hydrogen pipeline. As Community Organizers with TNA, we…
Read MoreDiné Solidarity for Pushpum
Diné Solidarity for Pushpum Webinar The Navajo Nation Resource and Development Committee (RDC) has approved travel for its members to attend and participate in the Navajo Pacific Northwest Natural Resource Tour as it relates to large scale, irrigated agriculture and hydroelectric power pumped storage from August 1-3, 2024 in the Pacific Northwest in or near…
Read MoreProtect Navajo Water Logo
Logo Breakdown: Protect Navajo Water In June 2024, our organization proudly unveiled our Protect Navajo Water logo at the 2024 Heritage Festival at the Museum of Northern Arizona in Flagstaff, Arizona. We wanted this logo to represent the beauty of Navajo water and why we need to protect it. Our logo was brought to life…
Read MoreTri-State advances transformative ERP
Tri-State advances transformative electric resource plan with unopposed settlement filing (June 27, 2024, Westminster, Colo.) In an important milestone in its energy transition, not-for-profit wholesale power supplier Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association filed an unopposed comprehensive settlement of Phase I of its 2023 Electric Resource Plan (“ERP”) with the Colorado Public Utilities Commission (“CPUC”). If…
Read MoreHydrogen Informational Summit Northern Agency
On Wednesday, June 26, 2024, our organization hosted a hydrogen informational summit at the Shiprock Chapter House in Shiprock, NM. Over 50 people from Shiprock and the surrounding communities attended the event, most of whom were Diné (Navajo) and had already heard about the proposed GreenView hydrogen pipeline but wanted further information. Some believed that…
Read MoreWatershed Assessment Week
Tsiyi’ Tó Watershed Project/Training Assessment Week The Watershed Restoration campaign at Tó Nizhóní Ání has begun! In partnership with Natural Channel Design Engineering Inc., our campaign began phase one of the pilot project in the Tsiyi’ Tó Wash watershed in Hardrock, Arizona. Tsiyi’ Tó means “within the wooded area, there is water.” We are excited…
Read MoreGrassroots Response to Navajo Water Rights Settlement
Response from Grassroots, Diné Water Rights Coalition to the Navajo Nation Department of Justice, President Buu Nygren, and the Navajo Nation Council The Diné Water Rights Coalition, formed in 2012, comprises Diné community group organizations like Tó Nizhóní Ání and individual community members concerned about the Navajo Nation’s future water rights. The Diné Water Rights…
Read MoreGroups representing coal-impacted communities ask ACC to follow through on the agency’s public duty to provide a coal transition framework
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, March 25, 2024 CONTACT: Groups representing coal-impacted communities ask ACC to follow through on the agency’s public duty to provide a coal transition framework Despite years of acknowledging the need to help those impacted by early coal plant closures, Commissioners continue to turn their backs on rural and tribal communities PHOENIX…
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