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Navajo Council Delegate Leonard Tsosie says Creator has not struck him down for skiing over sacred sites.

Here at Naabik’iyati Committee where Confluence Partners reported on proposed Escalade Project and now Committee debating over report. DELEGATE LEONARD TSOSIE We did due diligence with mine and we asked many questions about waiver. Understand tough questions but in the end, Council decided to buy coal mine. Origin of mine was different and to credit […]

The Confluence Partners on Navajo Council Naabik’iyati Committee June 27 agenda

The Confluence Partners, specifically Lamar R. Whitmer, will be making a report on a proposed Grand Canyon Escalade Project, which will be located at the Confluence of the Colorado River and Little Colorado River, to the Navajo Council Naabik’iyati Committee tomorrow, June 27. According to the Naabi Committee AGENDAAGENDA, Whitmer’s report is the first report […]

Accepting report on Confluence could be interpreted as supporting possible lawsuit

The Navajo Council’s Naabik’iyati Committee is officially stared. A quorum was reached at 12:20 p.m. But before a quorum was reached, committee members started listening to a report from the “Save the Confluence” families and Hopi Tribal Chairman Herman Honanie. Innovation by Delegate Nelson BeGaye. Announcements and recognitions by several delegates. Speaker Pro Temp LoRenzo […]

Navajo Council Naabik’iyati Committee gets quorum

The Navajo Council’s Naabik’iyati Committee has reached a quorum at 12:20 p.m. as the committee was hearing a report from the “Save the Confluence” families. Delegate Nelson BeGaye was asked by Speaker Pro Temp LoRenzo Bates to do innovation.

Save Confluence families: The proposed Escalade Project has torn families apart.

The Navajo Council’s Naabik’iyati Committee has started, but not officially because they do not have a quorum. But it was decided that the committee would begin listening to reports. The first report if from the “Save the Confluence” families. Delores Wilson-Aquirre, of Tuba City, Ariz. I’m from Tuba City, but home is southern Bodaway, close […]

Meeting between Navajo Council Naabik’iyati Committee and Save the Confluence families

“The Save the Confluence” families will be presenting to the Navajo Nation Council’s Naabik’iyati Committee on Friday June 13, 2014, at 10 a.m. at the Navajo Nation Council chambers in Window Rock, Ariz. That’s according to Renae Yellowhorse. Yellowhorse stated in a June 11, 2014, press release that the Escalade Developers will also be in […]

“Save the Confluence” meeting with Navajo Council’s Naabik’iyati Committee

“The Save the Confluence” families will be presenting to the Navajo Nation Council’s Naabik’iyati Committee on Friday June 13, 2014, at 10 a.m. at the Navajo Nation Council chambers in Window Rock, Ariz. That’s according to Renae Yellowhorse. Yellowhorse stated in a June 11, 2014, press release that the Escalade Developers will also be in […]

Developers say Escalade project at Colorado River confluence on track – Navajo-Hopi Observer – Flagstaff, Arizona

Developers say Escalade project at Colorado River confluence on track – Navajo-Hopi Observer – Flagstaff, Arizona. KATHERINE LOCKE: If the project gets council approval by the end of June, and the project gets through the permitting process, the project’s developers plan to begin construction in the summer of 2015 with the goal to begin operation […]