Navajo Nation Outlaws Uranium Mining

[Boo Boo]

Wow. Dick Cheney can't be too happy about this:

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. - The Navajo Nation has outlawed uranium mining and processing on its reservation, which sprawls across parts of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah and contains one of the world's largest deposits of uranium ore.

Tribal President Joe Shirley Jr. must give the bill final approval. His spokesman said Thursday that Shirley "strongly" supports it.

http://beta.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050422/ap_on_re_us/banning_uranium

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[FloridaPat]

1. Since when do the Native Americans get what they want if it's in

conflict with what Washington wants? The government has set up coal mining on Indian lands. The Indians get pennies while the coal companies get dollars.

[Boo Boo]

3. Yeah. It seems rather unlikely that

one could be sitting on one of the largest deposits of Uranium in the world, and just tell the Feds to go pound sand. It'll be interesting to watch this develop.

I wonder how this would play as an election year issue?

[barbaraann]

2. They also outlawed gay marriage.

http://www.freenewmexican.com/news/12974.html

[underpants]

4. I expect to see Dick & W "reach out" to them by giving away blankets

You know so they can be warm in the coming winter.

:scared:

[Dez]

5. Yee haa! It's about time!

The cancer rate will go down now, on the rez, yes!!!

[Boo Boo]

6. kicky-poo

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