Letters

The month of August will mark the 10-year anniversary of the devastating destruction that Hurricane Katrina brought down on New Orleans.

A few years ago I gave up on writing opinion pieces, mostly because I couldn’t keep up with the number of outrageous things happening again and again within Diné government.

As a third generation farmer family member in Hogback Chapter I, too, have kept informed daily on our contamination of irrigation water here.

It’s been four months since Navajo voters elected a new administration and several new delegates, signaling an apparent desire for change in Window Rock. Since taking office, the new leaders have been unconvincing to bring truth to one of their campaign promises “we will hit the ground running”.

The response to the Animas River contamination has been unexpected as our officials seem to make bold claims like “taking legal action” to the EPA and having them accountable for the process on trying to get the river back to normal.