New MexicoMining & Drilling
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Comment period ends in mid-June for proposed uranium mine
(5/19/2013)
(New Mexico) -- The U.S. Forest Service expects to close its public comment period in mid-June on a draft environmental impact statement for the proposed Roca Honda...
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Protestors oppose uranium mining on Mt. Taylor
(5/16/2013)
(New Mexico) -- In an effort to oppose uranium mining from occurring at the base of Mt. Taylor, protesters and environmentalists held poster signs last Friday for...
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Miners: BHP mine a good deal for tribe
(5/10/2013)
(New Mexico) -- At the 8050 dragline, Henry C. Begay has a unique view of the coal that is extracted at Navajo Mine.
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Navajo families help create five-year uranium cleanup plan
(4/18/2013)
(New Mexico) -- The meeting room for the Uranium Contamination Stakeholder Workshop was packed with more than 200 tribal officials, federal representatives and Navajo...
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President Shelly Signs $2.3 Million Bill to Fund Continued Due Diligence Investigation into Coal Mine Acquisition
(4/5/2013)
(New Mexico) -- On April 3, Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly signed legislation that allows $2.3 million from the Undesignated Unreserved Fund Balance to go towards...
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Jobs, environment fuel debate over pending Navajo Mine purchase
(4/2/2013)
(New Mexico) -- For Navajo Nation officials a pending deal to purchase Navajo Mine boils down to one simple necessity — preserve jobs.
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Diné community group opposes Navajo Mine deal, urges leaders to invest in renewable energy
(4/1/2013)
(New Mexico) -- A community group says Navajo Nation officials are being wasteful as they prepare to spend more than $3 million to study the risks of purchasing the BHP...
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Doubt looms over the Navajo Mine deal
(3/29/2013)
(New Mexico) -- Doubt looms over President Ben Shelly as he expressed some concerns over buying the mine from BHP.
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Navajo Nation to pay millions to study Navajo Mine
(3/19/2013)
(New Mexico) -- The Navajo Nation is paying millions of dollars to figure out whether it truly wants to purchase the Navajo Mine.
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Mining companies focus anew on Navajo uranium
(3/10/2013)
(New Mexico) -- Uranium mining companies are showing signs of renewed interest in the Navajo Nation. The Farmington Daily Times reports that several companies during the...
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Mining companies seek permission to re-enter Navajo Nation, US
(3/4/2013)
(New Mexico) -- Uranium miners in the US are seeking access to a 70 million ton deposit in the semi-autonomous Native American-governed territory - Navajo Nation, near...
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Mining companies eye new Navajo Nation projects
(3/3/2013)
(New Mexico) -- Uranium mining companies are showing signs of renewed interest in the Navajo Nation. The Farmington Daily Times reports (http://bit.ly/XKb9Vh) that...
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Uranium mining companies descend upon Navajo Nation
(3/3/2013)
(New Mexico) -- Uranium mining companies have renewed their interest in the Navajo Nation, and it seems they will not be easily deterred. The Navajo Nation sits on more...
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Commercial zoning denied for land at base of Tortugas 'A' Mountain
(2/21/2013)
(New Mexico) -- In a public hearing that reached into the wee hours of Thursday morning, a city-county land use board opted to reject a commercial zoning classification...
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Doubt looms over the Navajo Mine deal
(2/12/2013)
(New Mexico) -- Doubt looms over President Ben Shelly as he expressed some concerns over buying the mine from BHP.
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Tribe evaluates Navajo Mine deal
(2/11/2013)
(New Mexico) -- Despite a report to the contrary, the Navajo Nation remains interested in purchasing Navajo Mine from BHP Billiton, said a spokesman for the tribe's...
16 Total Articles on this Issue
Hard Rock
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Triple Seven’s Saloon Grand Opening in Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Albuquerque
(5/12/2013)
(New Mexico) -- Triple Seven’s Saloon, a new country bar conveniently located in Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Albuquerque, will be celebrating a soft opening on...
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Mascot Issue
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Opinion: Native American nicknames need to be re-evaluated
(5/7/2013)
(New Mexico) -- Suppose, for a moment, that your local professional baseball team was nicknamed the Wet-----, and its mascot was a Looney-Tunes-looking Mexican with a...
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Code Talkers
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Albert Smith, Navajo Code Talker from New Mexico, passes on
(4/18/2013)
(New Mexico) -- Albert Smith, a Navajo Code Talker from New Mexico, died on Wednesday. He was 88. Smith lied about his age in order to enlist in the U.S. Marine Corps at...
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Code Talker Albert Smith passes at 88
(4/18/2013)
(New Mexico) -- Another Navajo Code Talker has departed this world. Navajo Code Talker Albert Smith, 88, has died, according to his family. Smith was born on Dec. 13,...
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Code Talker's legacy resonates with strangers
(4/18/2013)
(New Mexico) -- The recent death of a Navajo Code Talker has touched a Valencia County couple who have never even met him.
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New memorial honors Navajo Code Talkers
(3/21/2013)
(New Mexico) -- A new monument honoring the Navajo code talkers will be unveiled Thursday at the Santa Fe National Cemetery.
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Fort Sill Apache
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At least four groups seek 6th license for racino
(4/12/2013)
(New Mexico) -- At least four groups are interested in applying for the state’s sixth racino license should the New Mexico Racing Commission reopen the application...
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Commissioners OK Fort Sill casino plans
(4/12/2013)
(New Mexico) -- Joining with the City of Las Cruces’ support of an Indian casino west of the city, the Doña Ana County Commission passed a resolution Tuesday,...
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Dona Ana Co. backs Akela casino plan
(4/11/2013)
(New Mexico) -- Dona Ana County commissioners this week unanimously approved a statement of support for the Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma’s plan to open a...
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Fort Sill Apaches press I-10 casino
(4/10/2013)
(New Mexico) -- The For Sill Apache tribe from Oklahoma has won a show of support for its effort to open a casino near Deming. The tribe has been trying to open the...
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County commission backs Fort Sill Apache Tribe's casino plan
(4/9/2013)
(New Mexico) -- Doña Ana County commissioners unanimously on Tuesday OK'd a statement of support for the Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma's plan for a casino...
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Navajo Casino
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New Mexico Tribes Seek Online Gambling Ban
(4/7/2013)
(New Mexico) -- As online gambling becomes a reality among individual states, those with a stake in the land based industries eye these developments with interest.
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Editorial: New Navajo compact limits Internet gambling
(4/6/2013)
(New Mexico) -- Though the proposed new gambling compact between the Navajo Nation and the state was presented to the Legislature with just over a week left in the...
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New Mexico Legislative Inaction to Negotiate Compact Stirs Navajo Nation's Concerns
(4/4/2013)
(New Mexico) -- Navajo officials are shaken up about the future of their gaming operations in New Mexico, following the unexpected holdup of a new gaming compact in the...
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New Mexico Tribal Compact Could Bar Online Gambling
(4/4/2013)
(New Mexico) -- The specifics of a new tribal compact being negotiated between the State of New Mexico and Navajo Nation officials could include a ban on all forms of...
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Navajo pact could mean no Internet gambling
(4/2/2013)
(New Mexico) -- A proposed new gambling compact between the Navajo Nation and the state could effectively close the door on state authorization of Internet gambling.
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Gaming enterprise, Nation 'disappointed' with NM compact failure
(3/21/2013)
(New Mexico) -- The head of the Navajo Gaming Enterprise was not happy to see the New Mexico State Legislature adjourn without taking up a new gaming compact with the...
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Navajo leader disappointed by inaction on compact
(3/19/2013)
(New Mexico) -- Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly is expressing disappointment that the New Mexico Legislature didn't vote on a new gambling compact for the tribe...
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Future Of Navajo Gaming Compact In Question
(3/18/2013)
(New Mexico) -- A Gaming compact between the Navajo Nation and the State of New Mexico failed to receive a vote by the state legislature before the end of session. With...
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Navajos upset that pact didn’t get a vote
(3/18/2013)
(New Mexico) -- Navajo Nation leaders expressed their frustration after lawmakers failed to vote on a new state-tribal gambling compact, saying they followed the state...
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Tribal casinos expand and go upscale
(3/18/2013)
(New Mexico) -- The Navajo Nation's first casino opened in 2008 with a dramatic design -- a simple, massive structure shaped like a tent. Prominently located between...
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New Mexico State Legislative Committee Approves Navajo Gaming Compact
(3/17/2013)
(New Mexico) -- On Tuesday, March 12, the State Legislative Committee on Compacts approved the gaming compact between the Navajo Nation and the State of New Mexico, with...
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Navajo casino deal faces uncertain fate in New Mexico
(3/16/2013)
(New Mexico) -- A proposed gaming compact between the state of New Mexico and the Navajo Nation could be left for lawmakers to deal with until after the regular...
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Navajo gambling pact may be in limbo
(3/15/2013)
(New Mexico) -- A new gambling compact between the state and the Navajo Nation was lobbed late into the New Mexico legislative session, and it’s unclear whether...
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Panel backs revised gambling deal
(3/12/2013)
(New Mexico) -- A legislative committee on Tuesday recommended approval of a revised gambling agreement between the state and the Navajo Nation – despite concerns...
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Panel recommends new NM gambling compact approval
(3/12/2013)
(New Mexico) -- A legislative panel is recommending that New Mexico lawmakers approve a gambling compact with the Navajo Nation allowing it to operate five casinos.
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New gaming terms proposed for Navajo casinos in NM
(2/25/2013)
(New Mexico) -- Negotiators for Gov. Susana Martinez and the Navajo Nation have agreed on key terms of a possible gambling compact that would allow the state's largest...
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Navajos want to renegotiate gaming compact with NM
(2/11/2013)
(New Mexico) -- Officials with the Navajo Nation say they want to renegotiate the renewal of the tribe's gaming compact with the state of New Mexico before the end...
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Native Voices
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CHAVERS: Shattering Education Myths
(3/24/2013)
(New Mexico) -- In a controversial book called Education Myths: What Special Interest Groups Want You to Believe About Our Schools—And Why It Isn't So...
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Coyote Thoughts: Getting to Ten
(3/23/2013)
(New Mexico) -- Stereotyping is one of the worst aspects of the Trickster. While we typically think of stereotyping as a fixed, overgeneralized belief about a particular...
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McKosato: How trains changed life for the Indians
(3/17/2013)
(New Mexico) -- The Indian and the Iron Horse go way back. America’s railroads (especially the Transcontinental Railroad) and trains in general are still...
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Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)
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Power of attorney: Navajo Nation lawyers may see pushback from non-Indian clients
(3/17/2013)
(New Mexico) -- A recently revised domestic-violence law has changed the role of tribal courts, and also could change the role of tribal attorneys. The Violence Against...
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Opinion: Bipartisanship a welcome change
(3/10/2013)
(New Mexico) -- With little fanfare, considering nearly a year of failure to move, the House of Representatives passed the Violence Against Women Act last month —...
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Violence Act will protect women on reservations
(3/5/2013)
(New Mexico) -- The reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, which Congress passed last week, will give tribal courts in New Mexico the long-awaited authority...
3 Total Articles on this Issue
Other News
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Top Navajo police position still vacant after four years
(5/20/2013)
(New Mexico) -- More than five years have passed since the last Navajo Nation chief of police was placed on paid leave.
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Rise in HIV Cases on Navajo Nation Spur Fears of an Epidemic
(5/20/2013)
(New Mexico) -- Doctors on the Navajo Nation fear the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) may become an epidemic on the reservation if education and prevention outreach...
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Jill Biden applauds Navajo Technical College students at graduation
(5/20/2013)
(New Mexico) -- While U.S. Vice President Joe Biden's wife, Jill Biden, mispronounced "thank you" in the Navajo language, she still seemed to say all the...
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Navajo Prep breaks ground on new facility
(5/20/2013)
(New Mexico) -- Navajo Preparatory School officials broke ground Friday afternoon on a project 13 years in the making.
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Shiprock school shines at solar competition
(5/20/2013)
(New Mexico) -- When all was said and done, teamwork, timing and design of their car are what helped the Bombers from Mesa Elementary School in Shiprock win this year...
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Teacher that faked daughters death, now works in a Navajo Nation school
(5/20/2013)
(New Mexico) -- With the Navajo Nation being remote, you can easily harbor your secrets. Zia Managaytay, a teacher at the Ch’ooshgai Community School in Tohatchi,...
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Sundance Film Fellows Travel To Mescalero Apache Reservation
(5/20/2013)
(New Mexico) -- The Sundance Film Institute says four Native American filmmakers will be on the Mescalero Apache reservation in Southern New Mexico this week. The visit...
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Jill Biden spoke to Navajos, while the White House deals with the IRS scandals
(5/17/2013)
(New Mexico) -- While the Obama administration is under fire for the IRS scandals, the first lady gave her commencement speech on the Navajo Nation.
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The White House came to the Navajo Nation today
(5/17/2013)
(New Mexico) -- Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, gave the commencement speech at the Navajo Technical College in Crownpoint, NM.
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Tribal Solutions: Small Native-Owned Business Expands, Seeks Indian Country Partners
(5/16/2013)
(New Mexico) -- Francella Giatrakis knew from the very beginning of her work life not only that she wanted to own her own business one day, but also that she wanted it...
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Navajo Nation considers tougher crime sentences
(5/16/2013)
(New Mexico) -- Navajo Nation officials are holding public hearings on proposed sentencing law changes that include tougher penalties for numerous crimes, including...
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Legislative auditors fault NM gambling regulators
(5/15/2013)
(New Mexico) -- New Mexico needs to strengthen its regulatory oversight of a billion-dollar gambling industry that includes horse racing tracks and casinos operated by...
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Lincoln County Commission expresses concerns regarding land transfer to Mescalero
(5/15/2013)
(New Mexico) -- Lincoln County commissioners didn't hedge Tuesday about their opposition to any attempt by the Mescalero Apache Tribe to acquire the portion of Ski...
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Saving Damsels wins Native American Music Awards best rock recording
(5/15/2013)
(New Mexico) -- When J.J. Otero, the lead singer, songwriter and guitarist of Saving Damsels, arrived at the awards ceremony for the Native American Music Awards...
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The great osprey rescue
(5/15/2013)
(New Mexico) -- Badly tangled in fishing line, the female osprey dangled upside down – perhaps for a couple of days – while her mate fretted and called from...
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Navajo Nation may stiffen crime penalties
(5/15/2013)
(New Mexico) -- Tribal officials are proposing more severe sentencing for criminals on the Navajo Nation.
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Casino Veteran Michael J. Broderick Named New Executive Director of Marketing at Ohkay Hotel and Casino
(5/15/2013)
(New Mexico) -- Michael J. Broderick has been named Executive Director of Marketing at Ohkay Hotel and Casino.
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Navajo homes on track for demolition, reconstruction
(5/13/2013)
(New Mexico) -- The Navajo Housing Authority is on its way to choosing the architectural and engineering company that will help demolish 90 mostly unfinished homes on...
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Navajo oil and gas company may be exempt from fuel tax
(5/11/2013)
(New Mexico) -- The Navajo Nation Oil and Gas Company is on its way to securing a mutually beneficial deal with the tribe. The company, which is owned by the tribe, may...
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Institute Of American Indian Arts To Launch MFA Program
(5/10/2013)
(New Mexico) -- The Institute of American Indian Arts will launch its first graduate program this summer. The Masters of Fine Arts degree in creative writing will be the...
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