"The leader of the country's largest Indian reservation threw his support behind the neighboring Hopi Tribe, whose lawmakers declared environmental groups unwelcome on the reservation.
"Navajo President Joe Shirley Jr. and Hopi lawmakers say environmentalists' efforts could hurt the tribes' struggling economies by slowing or stopping coal mining.
"Shirley said Wednesday that he will stand in solidarity with the Hopi Tribe, and joined Hopi lawmakers in encouraging other tribes to re-evaluate their relationships with environmentalists.
"'Environmentalists are good at identifying problems but poor at identifying feasible solutions,' Shirley said in a news release.'Most often they don't try to work with us but against us, giving aid and comfort to those opposed to the sovereign decision-making of tribes.'"
Friday, October 2, 2009
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