Letters

It lifts my spirits to see students engaging in the public discourse about how to address the long legacy of uranium mining on the Navajo Nation. My job as a scientist for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is to help protect communities by cleaning up the mine waste rock and contamination left by mining companies decades ago

It has been a year and half that Dr. Buu Nygren has been the Navajo Nation President. At this tenure, his governance has shown so far, is that it is a toxic work environment stemming from himself, his executive staff, division directors and department managers.

Editor, We are writing to you today to gain essential exposure regarding the proposed uranium waste facility in Thoreau, New Mexico. Thoreau is situated on the Navajo Reservation, between Grants and Gallup.

In 2006, the Navajo Nation Supreme Court in Sc-Cv-32-06 ruled that “the Navajo people has a right to choose a leader of their choice.” The Navajo Nation is on the cutting edge of democratic understanding and protecting the votes of the people.

In the Navajo Times article titled, “Low-level uranium waste to be disposed near Dló’áyázhí”, Kianna Joe explains the U.S. EPA’s proposals to choose one of four options to dispose of uranium waste from Quivira, section 32 and 33 uranium mine sites, located in Eastern Navajo Nation: Standing Rock, Pinedale, Coyote Canyon, and Casamero Lake Chapter areas.