“The Navajo Nation has borne the brunt of America’s nuclear program, the cost of which can be measured in human lives, environmental devastation, and communities that are still suffering," President Buu Nygren of the Navajo Nation said Thursday in a statement.
US Senate votes to expand radiation-exposure compensation, from Guam to original A-bomb test site
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Now it will focus on settling water rights over a Colorado River tributary in Arizona while that case proceeds in court, Nygren said.
Supreme Court makes Navajo Nation's fight for more water harder
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