TUBA CITY, Ariz. – Few Navajos or Hopis can remember a year like this. Nine months and no rain. No grass. Big winds. Shrunken livestock. Dying wildlife. The toughest, most drought-resistant corn on the continent almost strangled by thirst. A year like this means something to these people, and it’s not good. But it’s something […]
George Hardeen
Posted inNovember 5, 1990: The game is changing in the wild West
Is Peabody Coal’s slurry sucking the Hopis dry?
Hundreds of Hopis across the reservation say their water is disappearing because of the Black Mesa Mine. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/22.21/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inMarch 13, 1989: Synthetic Fuels Revisited, Part II
Navajo Nation is in governmental gridlock
With the turmoil showing little sign of abating, millions of dollars worth of economic development prospects — the linchpin of MacDonald’s administration — may also soon go down the drain as investors shy away. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/21.5/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inSeptember 14, 1987: Beauty, isolation and cheap land bring a sect to Montana
Tribes say rights hearing hurts sovereignty
The Navajo Tribe objects to hearings held by the U.S. Civil Rights Commission to examine tribal courts and freedom of the press on reservations. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/19.17/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inJuly 8, 1983: Playing presidential politics in Colorado ski country
Pothunting for profit — and the loss of history
Although the Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979 prohibits the taking of Indian artifacts, each year countless pieces of thousand-year-old Anasazi pottery are taken home as souvenirs. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/15.13/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inFebruary 4, 1983: WIPPing into shape in New Mexico
Finding fault with Glen Canyon Dam
Like hosing down a driveway, the Colorado River’s daily rising and falling is causing a gradual erosion of Grand Canyon beaches. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/15.2/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E