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Grand Canyon controversy: Critics say national treasure at risk

Grand Canyon controversy: Critics say national treasure at risk. Confluence Partners developer Lamar Whitmer sounds like he wants a legal battle because he’s going to win. “I’m going to win in the end,” Lamar told CBS news. So does that mean that Lamar will be dragging we, the Navajo people, into federal court?

YouTube Video – Naabik’iyati Committee hears proposed Grand Canyon Escalade project report, 6-27-14, Part 2

Greetings Relatives/Frens/Humans, Here is the YOUTUBE VIDEO OF PART 2 of the Confluence Partners report on their proposed “Grand Canyon Escalade” project to the Navajo Council’s Naabik’iyati Committee at the Council chamber in Window Rock, Ariz., on June 27, 2014. The primary speaker for the Confluence Partners was CP legal adviser Albert Hale, a former […]

National Park Service calls development plans a threat to Grand Canyon – Los Angeles Times

National Park Service calls development plans a threat to Grand Canyon – Los Angeles Times. It’s at the bottom that the conflict lies, as the Navajo contend that they have rights to property above the high-water mark of the rivers. Park officials say the Navajo are mistaken. Federal jurisdiction extends a quarter-mile on either side of the […]

YouTube video: Navajo Council hears proposed Grand Canyon Escalade Project report, June 27, 2014, Part 1

Greetings Relatives/Frens/Humans, Here’s the YOUTUBE VIDEO of Part 1 of the Confluence Partners report on their proposed “Grand Canyon Escalade” project to the Navajo Council’s Naabik’iyati Committee at the Council chamber in Window Rock, Ariz., on June 27, 2014. As the Navajo Council’s Naabik’iyati Committee was adopting its agenda, Committee member Delegate Jonathan Hale asked […]

Not all Navajo people want large scale economic development; some want sustainable economic development

Naabik’iyati Committee debating report by Confluence Partners on proposed Escalade Project at Grand Canyon Confluence. DELGATE LORENZO CURLEY What is NN share of project? And if there is share then price tag is $65 million? DELEGATE DWIGHT WITHERSPOON I disagree with Hale regarding how Confluence Partners would protect sacred sites by fencing them. That whole […]