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Navajo witnesses clash over government’s Chaco Canyon mining ban

WASHINGTON – A new 20-year moratorium on drilling and mining within 10 miles of the Chaco Canyon tramples on tribal sovereignty and denies Navajo badly needed royalty payments, Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren told lawmakers Thursday. “The Navajo Nation government is in the best position to know what is best for the Navajo people,” Nygren […]

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