DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Havasupai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Havasupai</span></a> Elder <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DiannaUqualla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DiannaUqualla</span></a>: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UraniumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UraniumMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Contamination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Contamination</span></a> is Here, Hold on to Your Ancestral Ways</p><p>"Stay strong, no matter what the world throws at us, we survive."</p><p>By <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BrendaNorrell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrendaNorrell</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CensoredNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CensoredNews</span></a>, Feb. 24, 2025 </p><p>TUBA CITY, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NavajoNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NavajoNation</span></a> -- "Havasupai Dianna Uqualla said that she brought sad news, that the contamination from the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PinyonPlain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PinyonPlain</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UraniumMine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UraniumMine</span></a> is already here, and has contaminated the air and the soil. Uqualla asked for the people to rely on their prayers and ancestral ways to guide them.</p><p>"Uqualla, traditional practitioner who served as the council's vice chairwoman, spoke at the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AwarenessWalk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AwarenessWalk</span></a> here on Saturday, as Native people from the region gathered to shut down Pinyon Plain uranium mine, and stop the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/radioactive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>radioactive</span></a> haul trucks from the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GrandCanyon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GrandCanyon</span></a> to the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UraniumMill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UraniumMill</span></a> in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WhiteMesaUte" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteMesaUte</span></a> community in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Utah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Utah</span></a>.</p><p>"Uqualla said Havasupai tested the soil and air and found contamination. 'There are people that hunt, people that gather medicine, they told us we can't go there anymore, until we stop them, but they are still contaminating.'</p><p>"Havasupai never said 'Yes' to this <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UraniumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UraniumMining</span></a>.</p><p>"The tarps are not sufficient that are covering the trucks and there are no warnings to the people."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2025/02/havasupai-elder-uranium-mining.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2025/02</span><span class="invisible">/havasupai-elder-uranium-mining.html</span></a> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HaulNo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HaulNo</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoUraniumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoUraniumMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DefendTheSacred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefendTheSacred</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WhiteMesaMill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteMesaMill</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AirIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AirIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UraniumMine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UraniumMine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ShutDownPinyonPlain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ShutDownPinyonPlain</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoMiningWithoutConsent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoMiningWithoutConsent</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ReaderSupportedNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReaderSupportedNews</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TubaCityArizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TubaCityArizona</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DontNukeTheGrandCanyon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DontNukeTheGrandCanyon</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DontNukeThePlanet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DontNukeThePlanet</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WeAreTheFuture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WeAreTheFuture</span></a> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Dine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UteNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UteNation</span></a></p>