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| Dianna Uqualla, Havasupai, and Petuuche Gilbert, Acoma Pueblo, at Ute Spiritual Walk and Protest. Photo by Tim Peterson |
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| Ute lead the Spiritual Walk and Protest to the Energy Fuels uranium mill. Photo Tim Peterson, Censored News |
By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, Oct. 9, 2025
WHITE MESA UTE, Utah -- This sickness travels by truck from the Grand Canyon uranium mine to here, and when the winds blow, this sickness blows east to Colorado. When the rains come, it spills into the San Juan River and flows down the Colorado River.
It is the uranium mill in the White Mesa Ute community.
It is a slow sickness and it means death.
"Sing a Song to the Earth," says Dianna Uqualla, Havasupai medicine woman, during the White Mesa Ute Community Spiritual Walk and Protest on Saturday.
"Our elders always said, 'Sing a song to the Earth.'
"Everything upon this earth is living. So we always have to remember that. So anywhere and everywhere we go, you know, our elders always said, "Sing a song to the earth."
WHITE MESA UTE, Utah -- This sickness travels by truck from the Grand Canyon uranium mine to here, and when the winds blow, this sickness blows east to Colorado. When the rains come, it spills into the San Juan River and flows down the Colorado River.
It is the uranium mill in the White Mesa Ute community.
It is a slow sickness and it means death.
"Sing a Song to the Earth," says Dianna Uqualla, Havasupai medicine woman, during the White Mesa Ute Community Spiritual Walk and Protest on Saturday.
"Our elders always said, 'Sing a song to the Earth.'
"Everything upon this earth is living. So we always have to remember that. So anywhere and everywhere we go, you know, our elders always said, "Sing a song to the earth."