Navajos concerned about return of uranium mining

[NVMojo]

Aug 28, 2005, 10:20 pm

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FARMINGTON — Upon hearing a Canadian uranium mining company had requested to reopen its two McKinley County facilities, Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley Jr. recently met with Gov. Bill Richardson to express the Nation’s opposition to such a move.

George Hardeen, communications director for Shirley, said he had read an Aug. 9 article in a weekly business publication that reported Strathmore Minerals Corp. had recently opened an uranium mine development office in Santa Fe.It was further reported Strathmore officials had met with Richardson’s office to discuss plans to gain state approval to reopen its Church Rock and Roca Honda uranium mines, according to a press release issued by Shirley’s office.Church Rock is located on the Navajo Nation.

Upon reading the article, Hardeen forwarded the information to Shirley, who contacted the governor to set up Tuesday’s meeting.
“(Shirley) had not heard of that. He immediately got on the phone,” Hardeen said via phone Friday. “Few issues rise to this level of his concern, because of what (uranium mining) has cost the Navajo people and the Navajo culture.”

“Because of exposure to uranium, many of my medicine people have died, many of my elderly have died,” Shirley said in the release. “I’d sure hate to go back there. Too many of my people have died.”

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this Canadian company must be getting promises ...

[rodeodance]

1. wonder why the Canadians own a mine in NM?

[achtung_circus]

2. Because we got a head start.

There are large uranium deposits in Canada and we provided the uranium used in the 2 bombs used in WWII.

That gave Canadaian companies the head start for uranium exploitation.

[ConcernedCanuk]

3. Little bit of a twist here, the Uranium ain't on the Reservation!!

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Didn't sound like us Canuks,

so I went a'googlin'
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"With respect to the Company's New Mexico properties, and in light of the recent announcement of the Navajo Tribal Council to restrict uranium development on tribal lands, the Company wishes to clarify that none of its New Mexico properties occur on the Navajo Reservation. All Company acquisitions to date are on New Mexico State owned lands or US Federal lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management. The Company is in the process of opening a technical and permitting office in New Mexico and plans for development of its New Mexico properties are moving forward."

[wli]

5. not so fast, that's an old trick used to rob Native Americans n/t

[tom_paine]

4. The Navajos, like the rest of we Imperial Subjects of Amerika

have NO rights beyond what Caesar wishes to display as a matter of beneficience and also to keep fooling the people who were born during freedom (which de facto ended 12-12-2000) just as the original Caesars did to the Roman Citizens.

The Imperial Family is going to do what the Imperial Family Family is going to do.

And what will we do to stop them? Vote them out?

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

That's for citizens of Free Nations...not for the Imperial Subjects of Amerika.

[NVMojo]

6. Amen. Besides, Amerika's public lands have been mined by

Canadian and South African companies for years upon years. Barrick Goldstrike had GWBush's dad on its board right after he left the Presidency, they later joined the Carlyle Group. They've been mining one of the richest gold veins in Amerika for over a decade and taking the profits out of the country ...it's the Amerikan way...

[struggle4progress]

7. kick