Grand Canyon Development Plan Sparks Dispute Among Navajo

[Zorra]

http://savetheconfluence.com/

"It is my church, it is where I say my prayers. It is where I give my offerings. It's where I commune with the holy ones, the gods that walk along the canyon," said Yellowhorse, a member of the Navajo Nation.
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"Why are they not listening to the Zuni tribes, the Hopi tribes and us, our Navajo people," asked Yellowhorse. "Our medicine men have said this area is a holy place," she said, gesturing to the towering flowers of the yucca plant and gnarled, dense spines of blackbrush that covered the sandy ground.
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Shelly is expected to sign a proposed resolution authorizing the project, and developers hope to break ground as early as the spring of 2017, but local tribal members say they will not relent. Leaders like Yellowhorse and Kuwanwisiwma have established a group called "Save the Confluence" and are spreading their message with stickers and painted signs across the Navajo reservation.

"These landscapes and the canyon and the confluence today are still very, very important to the Hopi people and we'll never let that go," said Kuwanwisiwma. "We're not going to give up on being good stewards of these lands. Never."

http://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/grand-canyon-development-plan-sparks-dispute-among-navajo-n302521

[Enthusiast]

1. K&R! This post should have hundreds of recommendations!

Every Democrat should get behind this.

[Cha]

2. Mahalo Zorra.. good luck to the Navaho~

[rjsquirrel]

3. Just to be clear

there are Indians on all sides of this issue. The article romanticizes one side.

[Ichingcarpenter]

4. Just to be clear................ you need to support your claim

Even the Park Service is against it.

[Zorra]

5. ^

[A Little Weird]

6. I hope they can prevail against the development proponents

It's horrible to me that anyone would think a mall at the Grand Canyon is a good idea.