FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A first-of-its-kind federal study of Native American boarding schools that for over a century sought to assimilate Indigenous children into white society has identified more than 500 student deaths at the institutions, but officials say that figure could grow exponentially as research continues. The Interior Department report released Wednesday expands to […]
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They Spoke “Truly Honor Chaco” to Power
Commenters demanded more meaningful protections for Greater Chaco and greater involvement of impacted communities today. The Greater Chaco Coalition/Frack Off Chaco, composed of environmental justice advocates, Indigenous grassroots organizations, tribal community leaders, and members of the public, rallied and delivered nearly 80,000 comments to the Bureau of Land Management demanding greater protections for the Greater Chaco Landscape and […]
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Big US Energy Transmission Projects Inch Closer To Approval
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The federal government has finished another environmental review of a proposed transmission line that will carry wind-generated electricity from rural New Mexico to big cities in the West and similar reviews are planned for two more projects that would span parts of Utah and Nevada, the U.S. Interior Department announced Thursday. […]
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US Agency To Review Gas, Oil Leases Near Chaco In New Mexico
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The U.S. government, environmentalists and an energy company have reached a settlement over contested oil and gas leases in an area held sacred by Native American tribes. The agreement approved by a federal judge earlier this week would pause drilling on a few dozen parcels in northwestern New Mexico near Chaco […]
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The Fight to Save Chaco
When looking at a map of the area, the red dots that mark oil and gas sights make it appear as if your map suddenly had chickenpox. It is truly astounding when it is put into perspective. When these sites are created, it isn’t just a singular spot. Roads, cement pads, wastewater ponds, and debris fields are created. Not only is the land hurting, but the people as well, fracking in recent years has many concerned with health including local Dine’ communities. Groups like Diné Citizens Against Ruining Our Environment (Diné CARE) have voiced their concerns not only to the feds but to their own Navajo Nation leadership.
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NM To Receive Millions in Fed Funding To Clean Up Orphaned Oil Wells
The Department of the Interior today announced $1.15 billion in funding is available to states from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to create jobs cleaning up orphaned oil and gas wells across the country. It’s been a key initiative of the Biden Administration’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which allocated a total of $4.7 billion to create a new federal program to address orphan wells. […]
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Greater Chaco Coalition Demands More Protection In Response To 10-Mile Buffer
The Department of the Interior is accepting public comment on a proposed mineral withdrawal on the lands surrounding Chaco Culture National Historical Park. The 90-day public comment period that launched January 6 will help the Department of the Interior weigh the benefits of a federal administrative mineral withdrawal in the Greater Chaco region that was […]
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NM Educators: Stop Using Us For Oil and Gas PR
The oil and gas industry and its allies might need to develop a new PR campaign and rebrand the way they try to convince New Mexicans to save their dying industry. On November 30 a group of 200 individual educators in all job categories sent Leland Gould, president and CEO of the New Mexico Oil […]
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NM Redraws Political Maps and Alliances
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Political boundaries are being redrawn by New Mexico’s Democrat-led Legislature in a sparsely populated state where Hispanics and Native Americans account for roughly six in 10 residents. The Legislature convenes Monday at noon to forge new district boundaries for three congressional districts and 112 seats in the state Legislature, along […]
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Native American Leaders Say Chaco Prayers Being Answered
CHACO CULTURE NATIONAL HISTORIC PARK, N.M. (AP) — The stillness that enveloped Chaco Canyon was almost deafening, broken only by the sound of a raven’s wings batting the air while it circled overhead. Then a chorus of leaders from several Native American tribes began to speak, their voices echoing off the nearby sandstone cliffs. They […]