Posts by Tó Nizhóní Ání “Sacred Springs Speaks”
VOICES FROM BLACK MESA
DiAndre Francis, 23, is Ta’neezahnii from Hooshdódii Tó, located on Black Mesa in northeastern Arizona. DiAndre is a recent graduate of Indiana State University, where he received his Bachelor of Science degree in public health. Currently, DiAndre is working at the Piñon Health Center as a biostatician with the COVID-19 task force. DiAndre’s inherent need to help his community…
Read MoreNTUA fails to acquire community consent in Cameron solar project
By Jessica Keetso, Tó Nizhóní Ání Organizer *Disclaimer: The author has a history of working with the Cameron chapter since 2016 as a Little Colorado River Watershed Chapter Association (LCRWCA) organizer and currently as a Tó Nizhóní Ání (TNA) organizer. Ms. Keetso’s paternal grandparents (Keetso/Beard) and extended relatives originate from the Dziłibáí (Gray Mountain) area.…
Read MoreÁSHINEE’ NIHIMÁ: IN LOVING MEMORY
It’s with heavy hearts that we send our condolences to the Tó’aheedlíinii Naakai Dine’é family of Ts’í’ii Bitó. Mae Wilson Tso passed on January 12, 2021, at the age of 83 years old. She was a prominent figure in the Black Mesa region for being a weaver, a pastoralist, an herbalist, and, most notability, a…
Read More27 WOMEN LEADING THE CHARGE TO PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT
Scientists have called our current, climate change–threatened era the Anthropocene, but as the eco-economist Kate Raworth once joked, women are left out of the narrative so often that it sometimes feels like the Manthropocene. Presenting 27 standouts who prove that women are leading the charge to protect our environment and our future. Cover Photo by…
Read MorePEABODY TO CANCEL HEALTH CARE BENEFIT FOR RETIRED COAL MINERS
Peabody Energy is ending a health care benefit program for retired miners as a cost-saving measure. The St. Louis-based coal giant announced plans last week to discontinue coverage of medical expenses for workers enrolled in Medicare and to stop providing life insurance to retirees, The Casper Star-Tribune reported. The change is expected to go into effect…
Read More‘EVERYTHING DEPENDS ON THE CORN’: AS CROPS WITHER, THE HOPI FEAR FOR THEIR WAY OF LIFE
For 2,000 years, the Hopi have been growing corn in an arid landscape, relying on the rains. Now climate change threatens their farming traditions. READ MORE
Read MoreVIDEO: A JUST TRANSITION AT NAVAJO GENERATING STATION
For 50 years, outside power companies profited from the exploitation of precious Navajo & Hopi water and resources, which supported coal plants like “NGS” and polluted Navajo land, depleting the source of drinking water for many Navajo and Hopi. Watch now → https://bit.ly/JustTransitionNGS
Read MoreACC RECOGNIZING JUST AND EQUITABLE TRANSITION FOR TRIBAL COMMUNTIES
NATIONAL ECONOMIC TRANSITION PLATFORM
BREAKING: Leaders from coal communities across America today released their historic platform for bolstering regions hit hard by the declining industry–a crisis deepened by the Covid pandemic. In their National Economic Transition Platform, local, tribal and labor leaders call on national and federal leaders to make a big, bold investment in communities from Appalachia to…
Read MoreWORC REPORT ON RECLAMATION JOBS
Help us spread the word via social media with the following handles and hashtags. Ahéhee’! Handles: @NNPrezNez @NavajoCouncil @RepRaulGrijalva @peabodyenergy @OSMRE @BlackMesaTrust @DineCARE1 Hashtags: #NavajoEquitableEconomy #NavajoNation #HopiTribe #ReclamationJobs Navajo/Hopi This is cleanup on the #NavajoNation a year AFTER Kayenta coal mine closed. Hundreds of miners are eager to go back to work on reclamation but…
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