Today we present the good, the bad, and the ugly of energy sources on Navajo land. The good: The Navajo Nation has formed a joint venture with Boston-based Citizens Energy Corp for a wind-power project on its vast Western reservation. The bad: The tribe continues to try to push through a controversial coal plant as well, and recently sued the U.S. EPA for not yet issuing an air permit. The ugly: Energy companies have renewed interest in large deposits of uranium on Navajo land; the tribe banned uranium mining in 2005 after decades of compromised health and safety.
source: Reuters, The Arizona Republic, The Washington Post
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litesong Posted 6:27 am
28 Mar 2008
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Wolverine Posted 5:23 pm
28 Mar 2008
When I was taken to the nearby Hopi reservation by a friend who's half Dine (Navajo) and half Hopi, his traditional relatives told me that the traditionals refuse to participate in electing the tribal council because that form of governance is contrary to their traditional ways of making decisions.
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rrecroc Posted 10:58 am
31 Mar 2008
Sounds like they have the same problem as the rest of the country does with the US govt.
People should refuse to vote in elections. A 30% or less turnout is a defacto expression of "no confidence" and the govt so elected has no mandate to do anything.
The american people are too stupid to do this and perhaps the natives on their reservation also lack the ability to see this approach.
Then there is the "vote to the lesser of the evils" approach but there comes a time when the "lesser" is just too evil to vote for ....
The only alternative is then for the unrepresented majority to overthrow and destroy the govt that ignores them and sacrifices them for its own interests.
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