Truemors
Among the ongoing actions in Indian Country: protests over a proposed dirty coal-fired power plant in New Mexico. The Dineh (Navajo) have sued the EPA and the Bureau of Indian Affairs over this proposal.
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t was tempting to think it was the most people ever gathered on this barren stretch of gray desert near Burnham, N.M.
But maybe not - after all, we weren't far from the ancient trade and cultural center of Chaco Canyon, where thousands of people routinely gathered a thousand years ago.
At any rate, the phrase "middle of nowhere," cliché as it is, kept coming to mind. Not so remote, however, that the trash-collecting contingent of the Longest Walk 2 couldn't fill several bags Sunday while following the rutted double-track to Dooda Desert Rock's new camp.
To Elouise Brown, founder of the local group protesting the planned construction of a 1,500-megawatt coal-fired power plant near this site, it is not barren gray desert. It is the land that has sustained her family for generations, and it's full of hidden springs and sacred sites.
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