Navajo Nation eyes Grand Canyon for development
By FELICIA FONSECA The Associated Press
Proposed development site at confluence of Little Colorado River and Colorado River in Grand Canyon Photo by Ted Grussing
Flagstaff, Ariz. • Generations of Navajo families have grazed livestock on a remote but spectacular mesa that overlooks the confluence of the Colorado and Little Colorado rivers. This is the East Rim of the majestic Grand Canyon — the last with no significant development.
But ancestral tradition and the tranquility of the landscape could be subject to change if the Navajo government’s plans are realized for a resort and aerial tramway that would ferry tourists from cliff tops to water’s edge.
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Planned western resort may be on protected land
By Cindy Yurth Tséyi’ Bureau/Navajo Times
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Visit the Save the Confluence website for ongoing information about opposition to the proposed development.
Click here for a copy of a press release opposing the confluence project.
Click here for a copy of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
between the Fulcrum Group and the Navajo Nation
