Author: Alastair Lee Bitsóí

With the Bureau of Indian Affairs’ July 24 approval of a lease extension between owners of the Four Corners Power Plant and the Navajo Nation, employees like Deborah Yazzie could retire there or work until 2041.

While walking toward three dead horses in the pines of the Chooshgai Mountains Wednesday morning, Derry Lewis shouted in Navajo to the black bear to leave the scene of guts it was eating.

Aside from his political duties as speaker of the Navajo Nation Council, LoRenzo Bates is a farmer and rancher, and he’s concerned about how the EPA-caused toxic spill from the Gold King Mine will impact his livelihood.