Followup - Navajo Nation v. Forest Service: Tribe hopes for a settlement

The Gallup (NM) Independent reports that the Navajo Nation hopes to come to a settlement with the federal government over the issue of spraying "reclaimed sewage" over the San Francisco Peaks to make artificial snow on the ski area near Flagstaff, Arizona.  As the paper reports:  "The Navajo Nation Council has given its approval for the Nation’s attorneys and leaders to meet with the Obama administration in hopes of working out a settlement to protect the sacred San Francisco Peaks from desecration.

The Nation is seeking an expedited meeting prior to May 8, when the U.S. Solicitor General’s response brief is due to the U.S. Supreme Court.

In “Navajo Nation v. United States Forest Service,” the Nation and three other tribes challenged the Forest Service’s approval of an expansion of the Arizona Snowbowl ski resort on the San Francisco Peaks near Flagstaff under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.

The expansion included using reclaimed sewer water to make artificial snow, which in the view of Indian religious practitioners, desecrates the mountain."

Read the full story HERE.

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