scholarly journals Investigating culturally contextualized making with the Navajo Nation

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Z. Frank ◽  
Elliot P. Douglas ◽  
Darryl N. Williams ◽  
Carl D. Crane
Keyword(s):  
Navajo Nation

Navajo Nation Returners

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven A. Smith ◽  
Aaron P. Jackson ◽  
Robert Yazzi ◽  
Amber Crotty
Keyword(s):  
Navajo Nation

Health Literacy in Dentistry and Navajo Nation Community Health Representatives

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven P. Geiermann ◽  
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Mae-Gilene Begay ◽  
Lindsey Robinson ◽  
Sharon Clough ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Literacy ◽  
Community Health ◽  
Navajo Nation ◽  
Community Health Representatives

scholarly journals Quantification of Elemental Contaminants in Unregulated Water across Western Navajo Nation

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (15) ◽  
pp. 2727 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Credo ◽  
Jaclyn Torkelson ◽  
Tommy Rock ◽  
Jani C. Ingram
Keyword(s):  
Native American ◽  
New Mexico ◽  
Hard Rock ◽  
Water Systems ◽  
American Southwest ◽  
Western United States ◽  
Navajo Nation ◽  
Hard Rock Mining ◽  
Rock Mining ◽  
American Nation

The geologic profile of the western United States lends itself to naturally elevated levels of arsenic and uranium in groundwater and can be exacerbated by mining enterprises. The Navajo Nation, located in the American Southwest, is the largest contiguous Native American Nation and has over a 100-year legacy of hard rock mining. This study has two objectives, quantify the arsenic and uranium concentrations in water systems in the Arizona and Utah side of the Navajo Nation compared to the New Mexico side and to determine if there are other elements of concern. Between 2014 and 2017, 294 water samples were collected across the Arizona and Utah side of the Navajo Nation and analyzed for 21 elements. Of these, 14 elements had at least one instance of a concentration greater than a national regulatory limit, and six of these (V, Ca, As, Mn, Li, and U) had the highest incidence of exceedances and were of concern to various communities on the Navajo Nation. Our findings are similar to other studies conducted in Arizona and on the Navajo Nation and demonstrate that other elements may be a concern for public health beyond arsenic and uranium.

Infrastructures as colonial beachheads: The Central Arizona Project and the taking of Navajo resources

2021 ◽  
pp. 026377582199153
Author(s):  
Andrew Curley
Keyword(s):  
Colorado River ◽  
Water Network ◽  
Navajo Nation ◽  
Political Factors ◽  
Indian Water ◽  
Central Arizona Project ◽  
Indigenous Lands ◽  
Archival Documents ◽  
Central Arizona ◽  
Colorado River Water

Colonial difference is a story of national infrastructures. To understand how colonialism works across Indigenous lands, we need to appreciate the physical, legal, and political factors involved in the building and expanding of national infrastructures in different historical contexts; infrastructures that arrive in some places while denied in others. Using archival documents, this article accounts for the colonial politics necessary to bring Colorado River water into Phoenix and Tucson. It highlights how the following moments worked to enlarge Arizona’s population and power while denying Diné water claims: the 1922 Colorado Compact, Arizona’s 1960s campaign for the Central Arizona Project, and recent Indian water settlements between Arizona and Navajo Nation. The infrastructures that emerged from these events formed a coal–energy–water nexus reliant on Navajo coal while constructing Arizona’s water network. In sum, these projects served as colonial beachheads—temporal encroachments on Indigenous lands and livelihoods that augment material and political difference over time and exacerbate inequalities.

scholarly journals Field Studies Evaluating Bait Acceptance and Handling by Dogs in Navajo Nation, USA

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott Bender ◽  
David Bergman ◽  
Adrian Vos ◽  
Ashlee Martin ◽  
Richard Chipman
Keyword(s):  
Field Studies ◽  
Navajo Nation
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