Chapter officials table hydropower resolution, ask for more community info sessions as FERC seeks to end a policy blocking permits on Tribal land absent Tribal support
by Herb Yazzie, Coal-Lease Area Resident, Adrian Herder, Tó Nizhóní Ání, Taylor McKinnon, Center for Biological Diversity, Censored News, Nov. 21, 2025
KAYENTA, Ariz— On a cloudy, rainy Wednesday afternoon, the Kayenta Chapter held its monthly meeting where a resolution by Nature and People First was first on the agenda. Impacted community members from the coal-lease area on Black Mesa (Dził Yíjiin) filled the chapter house to voice concern about the resolution. But before discussions could begin, Chapter officials tabled the resolution because the developers didn’t show up.