Apache Stronghold to file a petition with U.S. Supreme Court to protect Oak Flat on June 23, 2025

Breaking: Apache Stronghold will file a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday June 23rd to Protect Oak Flat

Apache Stronghold vows to continue fighting to save sacred site from destruction

By Apache Stronghold, Censored News, June 19, 2025

WASHINGTON -- On June 23, the Apache Stronghold will be filing a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court, asking it to reconsider its refusal to hear our appeal. As you heard, two Justices voted to hear our case, calling it "vitally important," and criticizing the Ninth Circuit's ruling against us as "highly doubtful as a matter of law." 

In addition, any day now, the Supreme Court will issue its ruling in Mahmoud v. Taylor, which is another case about government-imposed burdens on religious exercise. We think the Supreme Court's decision in Mahmoud will add further support to our case.

Mohawk Nation News 'New World Order'

 New today at Mohawk Nation News 'New World Order'

https://mohawknationnews.com/blog/2025/06/19/new-world-order/

Navajo Council Hearing on Revitalizing Coal Industry at Nenahnezad Chapter

The hearing was live at Nenahnezad Chapter this morning, June 19, 2025. Now available on YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EC7BdkpVc58

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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. 

Continue reading:

https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2025/06/to-nizhoni-ani-coal-mining-devastated.html

Navajos say 'No' to new coal at Forest Lake Chapter on Black Mesa

The Monster has returned, and it is even more grotesque than the one before. Dine' remember forced relocation, the loss of water and medicine plants, and the loss of loved ones. Navajos say 'No!; to Trump and Navajo President Nygren's push for coal.

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, June 1, 2025

FOREST LAKE, Navajo Nation -- Dine' told the Navajo Nation Council that the coal industry has cost them their aquifer water, and their health. Combined with uranium mining, they have lost their loved ones to widespread cancer and black lung disease killing their people. Dine' remembered forced relocation and the stripping of the forest by Peabody Coal, during a hearing on Friday.

The Navajo Council was told to stand up for future generations, or step aside.