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Navajos v. USA

Several Navajo groups brought a federal complaint against the Department of the Interior for ordering the Kayenta Coal Mine to close in December 2019, without ordering it to be returned to its pre-strip-mine condition.

TUCSON — Several Navajo groups brought a federal complaint against the Department of the Interior for ordering the Kayenta Coal Mine to close in December 2019, without ordering it to be returned to its pre-strip-mine condition.

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