In the Grand Canyon, uranium mining threatens a tribe's survival
by Joanna Walters in Supai Village, Arizona from on (#2WMZD)
The Havasupai are attempting to fight back against the operation of a uranium mine that they say could contaminate their sole water source
Ed Tilousi knelt down next to the crystal-clear turquoise creek. The only sounds were the gurgling of the current and the sawing of cicadas in a pecan nut tree as the hot sun made the red rock canyon walls towering above him glow.
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