Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights

February 16, 2024

Apache Stronghold Oak Flat Run, Feb. 15 -- 18, 2024



Today, Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024 -- Day 3 of the Oak Flat March.
Runners will begin this morning’s journey to Oak Flat after morning prayers. Photos courtesy Apache Stronghold.

Federal Officials Reject Arizona Pump Projects Targeting Black Mesa


BMPSP East | EcoFlight


Federal Officials Reject Three Huge Arizona Pump Storage Projects Targeting Black Mesa

Decades of coal mining have already depleted Black Mesa aquifers and their connected seeps and springs.

Tó Nizhóní Ání Feb. 15, 2024, Censored News
Translation into French by Christine Prat

FLAGSTAFF, Arizona — Heeding widespread community and Tribal opposition, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission denied preliminary permit applications today for three proposed hydropower projects southeast of Kayenta on the Navajo Nation in Arizona. In denying the applications, commissioners announced a new policy of not issuing permits for projects on Tribal lands without Tribal support.