Protest Energy Fuels Uranium Mines at La Sal, Utah, and Grand Canyon, Saturday, May 16, 2026

Protest Energy Fuels Uranium Mines at La Sal, Utah, and Grand Canyon, Saturday, May 16, 2026

Support the White Mesa Ute Community and the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe Protest Energy Fuels’ Uranium Mines at La Sal, Utah,  and near the Grand Canyon! Stop Energy Fuels’ Uranium Mill/Dump next to the White Mesa Ute Community!

SATURDAY, MAY 16, 2026 12 noon at LA SAL JUNCTION
(intersection of Highway 191 and 46 – about 20 miles south of Moab)

Censored News, May 15, 2026

Energy Fuels operates uranium mines near Moab in La Sal, and also operates the Pinyon Plain mine near the Grand Canyon. They also operate the uranium mill next to the White Mesa Ute Community in San Juan County which is turning into an international radioactive dump.

Ute Spiritual Walk and Protest: Photos by Ofelia Rivas, Tohono O'odham

The Ute Spiritual Walk and Protest is underway. Photo copyright Ofelia Rivas

Native Women Arrive for Ute Walk and Protest of Uranium Mill at White Mesa Ute

Ofelia Rivas, Tohono O'odham, and Dianna Uqualla, Havasupai, arrive for today's Ute Spiritual Walk and Protest. Photo copyright Ofelia Rivas, Censored News

Native Women Arrive for Ute Walk and Protest of Uranium Mill at White Mesa Ute

White Mesa Ute March Against International Radioactive Waste Dumping on Homeland

White Mesa Ute March Against International Radioactive Waste Dumping on Homeland

Ute Mountain Ute Yolanda Badback welcomed all to the rally and spiritual walk to protect the White Mesa Ute community’s health, water, air, land, culture, and sacred sites from the nearby White Mesa uranium mill, and show community opposition to the mill operating as an international dumping ground for radioactive waste from around the world. The protest and walk are sponsored by the White Mesa Concerned Community and the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe. Photo courtesy Greenaction.

White Mesa Ute: 'Revolution of the Heart' March Against Uranium Mill

Spiritual march against the uranium mill poisoning White Mesa Ute today in southeastern Utah -- Photos by Ofelia Rivas, Tohono O'odham, reporting live for Censored News.

Tohono O'odham Ofelia Rivas at White Mesa Ute Sacred Walk: An Offering to Mother Earth

Ofelia Rivas, Tohono O'odham, encouraging walkers.

Tohono O'odham Ofelia Rivas at White Mesa Ute Sacred Walk

An Offering to Mother Earth

Transcribed by Censored News

"Every step that you take on this Mother Earth is a sacred step, every step is a prayer, every step is an offering, every inch of this Mother Earth is Turtle Island, it has the remains of our Ancestors, every one of these people that are here today, people from this area, people from the surrounding area, the Indigenous People."

Standing next to Ute Grandmother Thelma Whiskers, Ofelia said, "She looks like she is by herself, but from generations since the beginning of the Earth, her ancestors are standing behind her."

'Water is Life' White Mesa Ute Spiritual March Against Uranium Mill

“This is our home and the home of our ancestors – we are the caretakers of this land and the waters beneath it," said Yolanda Badback, White Mesa Concerned Community.
"They dug up our ancestors who were buried there."
Describing the dangerous disposal of radioactive waste, Badback said, "We don't drink the tap water here, we go out and purchase our water."
Badback expressed her deep appreciation for the large crowd that came to walk with her. She said they are continuing this fight for the future generations.
"I don't want it to expand anymore," she said of the plans to bring in radioactive waste from more regions.
Badback said the Native medicine plants are no longer growing.
Badback's mother, Thelma Whiskers, who has spent her life here, thanked everyone for coming.

Water is Life
White Mesa Ute Spiritual March Against Uranium Mill

Article by Brenda Norrell

Photos by Grand Canyon Trust

French translation by Christine Prat

"The White Mesa uranium mill would not be allowed to operate near a wealthy white neighborhood in Salt Lake City, and San Juan County's Native American communities deserve the same treatment.” – Commissioner Kenneth Maryboy, Diné, San Juan County Commission. 

White Mesa Ute Oppose Radioactive Mill -- Rally, Protest, and Walk Oct. 22, 2022

White Mesa Ute Protest and Spiritual Walk to Oppose White Mesa Uranium Mill

By Brenda Norrell

Censored News

French translation by Christine Prat

https://chrisp.lautre.net/wpblog/?p=7435

White Mesa Ute in southeastern Utah will protest the White Mesa uranium mill during their spiritual walk to protect the White Mesa Ute. Struggling to protect their sacred places and homeland, White Mesa Ute oppose the mill endangering the community and oppose it becoming an international dumping ground for radioactive waste.

White Mesa Ute are concerned for their community’s health, water, air, land, culture, and welcome others to join them on Saturday, October 22, 2022, 11 am Mountain time for their rally. The rally will be followed by spiritual protest walk to the White Mesa uranium mill.

Yolanda Badback, White Mesa Concerned Community said, "They are bringing toxic waste, radioactive waste, from places all across the United States to the mill in White Mesa. In the past, some has spilled."