Natural Resources Sector Articles
MHA Nation: A Vision for Economic Sovereignty
Mark Fox, Chairman of the MHA Nation, sees the tribe generating its own power, raising and consuming its own food, and exporting their own goods.
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Reclamation Awards $3.4M to 19 Tribes for Technical Assistance in Water Development
The Bureau of Reclamation is awarding $3.4 million to 19 Tribes across the western United States for technical assistance as they develop, manage, and protect their water and related resources. The funding is being made available through Reclamation’s Native American Affairs Technical Assistance to Tribes Program.
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Drone Technology to Enhance Oneida Nation’s Ability to Monitor, Manage and Protect Lands
Drones will soon soar over Oneida Indian Nation homelands in Central New York, collecting data about Tribally owned land.
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NTEC Acquires All Cloud Peak Energy Assets, Including Mines in Wyoming, Montana
A Navajo Nation coal company will soon take over all assets of Cloud Peak Energy, including its three coal mines — two in Wyoming and one in Montana.
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Yurok Tribe Reacquires 50,000 Acres of Forest
For decades, the Yurok Tribe witnessed the degradation of their ancestral territory. Their solution to protect one of the most biologically rich areas on Earth? To own it.
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Navajo Nation to Support New Mexico’s Diversified Energy Economy With Paragon Bitsi Ranch Solar Development
The Navajo Nation is paving the path forward for the development of its Paragon Bitsi Ranch solar development project in the Navajo community of Huerfano in the state of New Mexico.
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Navajo Transitional Energy Purchases More Than 10 Million Shares of Texas Mineral Resources Corp.
Texas Mineral Resources is an exploration stage mining company with its flagship property, Round Top Mountain, near Sierra Blanca in Hudspeth County, Texas.
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Lawmakers Praise Federal Ruling on Navajo Coal Mining to ‘Save Jobs and Revenue for Another 30 Years’
Two lawmakers gave praise on the 9th circuit ruling against green groups from blocking revenues, jobs and energy sustainability for the Navajo people.
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Honoring Sovereign Immunity, 9th Circuit Dismisses Challenge to Coal Mining on Navajo Nation
On the grounds of Tribal sovereign immunity, yesterday a federal court dismissed a challenge by environmental groups to expanded coal mining on the Navajo Nation to power the Four Corners Power Plant.
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James Smith Cree Nation, Tesla Energy Institute to Create Hydro-Electric Power Plant
A hydro-electric project on First Nation territory along the North Saskatchewan River is forecasted to produce power at competitive rates for the rest of the century.
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