‘We were duped’: Uranium shipments begin across Navajo land

Daily ore transport starts as activists question tribal leaders’ decision to allow mining company access

• Shondiin Silversmith (February 19, 2025)

Navajo Nation Executive Director Stephen Etsitty holds a radiation monitor device up to the back of one of the two uranium ore haul trucks from Pinyon Plaine Mine on Feb. 12, 2024. Before the trucks could pass through Navajo land, they needed to be inspected near the entrance of Cameron, Arizona, the starting point of the haul route across the Navajo Nation. (Photo by Shondiin Silversmith. Arizona Mirror)

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