Tó Nizhóní Ání: Coal Mining Devastated the Water and Brought Black Lung Disease -- Forest Lake Hearing on Coal

Ed Silverhatband from the community of Forest Lake shares his experience working as a coal miner and the long-term impacts it has had on his health, such as black lung, which has required two lung transplants. Photo courtesy Tó Nizhóní Ání.

Tó Nizhóní Ání executive director Nicole Horseherder provides her public comment before the Speaker of the Navajo Nation during the Public Hearing on Coal. Photo courtesy Tó Nizhóní Ání.

25th Navajo Nation Council Public Hearing on Coal

By Tó Nizhóní Ání

Sacred Water Speaks

On Friday, May 30, 2025, the Office of the Speaker held a public hearing on coal at the Forest Lake Chapter House in Forest Lake (Tsiiyi’ Be’ak’id), Arizona. This open forum allowed participants to share their input and comments regarding the Federal Executive Order 14241, “Reinvigorating America’s Beautiful Clean Coal Industry,” aimed at amending federal policies to boost the coal industry.

Book Launch for John Redhouse's 'Bordertown Clashes, Resource Wars, and Contested Territories: The Four Corners in the Turbulent 1970s'

Red Media is excited to announce our newest publication, Bordertown Clashes, Resource Wars, and Contested Territories: The Four Corners in the Turbulent 1970s by John Redhouse. The book hits the shelves on July 1, 2025. Save the date for our book launch events! Event details and spaces to be announced.