Thank you for this video, for the minimal amount of exposure Native Americans get, this is but a glimpse into the hardships the Navajo people and Native Americans in general have. I'm Navajo and I'm going to one of the top film schools in the country to try and tell these stories that the rest of the nation so easily brushes off. No one cares or dares to face the reality of over consumption and limited resources. People are dumb. Cities like Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Phoenix, etc. etc. are all enormous cities in the middle of the desert, which is fucking dumb. Those cities and many others are the reason the lower Colorado River is dry, or the reason why Lake Mead is dropping in water levels. Cities and things of those sizes should not and cannot exist sustainably in a desert. Not only is the environment a major concern that no one gives a fuck about, but the Native peoples are so exploited and disenfranchised and walked over so that these things can still exist and turn a profit. No one cares or even thinks about Native Americans as modern people, only when they do something as small as trying to change a sports team mascot. People are just in general ignorant and apathetic about this issue. I've been on the reservations, I know how my family members and many others live out there. It's heinous; people having to haul water, living without electricity or even a bathroom and yet they live in the United States of America, no one talks about it. These issues are irrelevant to everyone, and yet they all benefit. It's a vicious cycle that I've identified. Native Americans aren't given the same opportunity or same attention as everyone else and so they stay. They don't exceed what they were born with because they are told that they can't. They stay on the reservation because they can't go anywhere else and they are exploited and used in the disgusting operations to profit the execs and American people at their own cost. Socially these things have to change, but environmentally these things must change. No one knows or cares about these issues, yet they all benefit and they will all be affected in the end.

@divinefeminine4206

6 жыл бұрын

OMG AMEN BROTHER! I am half African American and Half Navajo and I feel the exact same way 100%!!! WOW That is Awesome you already know how ur gonna help your community , some of us don't even know where to start but I was thinking something similar to what you were saying... We need Visual Media Exposure so Mass numbers of people can fully Overstand what tf is going on in our poor poor dying Mother Earth :(

@divinefeminine4206

6 жыл бұрын

liknlife Wow!! Seems like a lot more people are appreciating the beauty and gift of our Mother Earth😊😍 I always pray to her and show my gracefulness through prayer but once I continue learning more about both my diversely Strong Cultures my African and Navajo side I will be blessed with learning more from my elders. Yes seriously, I couldn't have agreed more brother, the European Colonizers (US Gov) have and always will be in it for their own benefit and it's duck the rest of us.. especially us Colored people. For some reason they hate u more if you have color and culture. Yes to me, Eric was built off of Native Genocide and African Slavery and a profit for the all group Elites that run this system. The problem with today's times is a whole bunch of people especially young kids, are very ignorant when it comes to this system we have been oppressed with. They are too in love with fleshly material desires and are unfortunately stuck in white man sick mentality. Meanwhile the ones who over stand the significance of The Almighty Creator and Mother Earth! Mother Earth is Goddess and idk why people have a hard time believing that being without her we would be extinct. Mother Earth gives us all the nutritional and healing foods and herbs and medicine we each need! That should say a lot there. But you know how people get stuck in these little tiny egos. Mostly because they are just ignorant and just don't know how much more The mother Is and her legacy shall never die.. only we will of we don't help her NOW

@divinefeminine4206

6 жыл бұрын

liknlife Yes thank you Brother ! You as Well!! Thank you for you blessing kind uplifting words ! Yes I'm 19 years old and us young kids are the future and the next generations

@munkang222

6 жыл бұрын

Tanner M stop your crying

@emiliepullen2082

6 жыл бұрын

It's time to stop killing our earth for profit and tern to renewable resources of energy.

This is a perfect quote for this video. "When the last tree has been cut down, the last fish caught, the last river poisoned, only then will we realize that one cannot eat money."

@chrisyoung5434

6 жыл бұрын

Damien Iron-mane money breeds innovation. We will always figure it out.

@Branflakehere

6 жыл бұрын

Chris Young You want the world to look like Blade Runner 2033? Because thats what it will come to. Unless we stop crimes against humanity like this

@chrisyoung5434

6 жыл бұрын

Brandon, I do not. It takes volunteers willing to create more efficient clean energy solutions. My only case in point. But its a paradox, the navajo reap the rewards the mine brings them and then blame the mine itself for their health. I mean if it were me, I would drop my pride and move if my health was remotely in danger.

@Branflakehere

6 жыл бұрын

Chris Young True, I just wish we all went back to the days of hunter gatherer, but then no more Fallout 4 which is hard to do, I need video games im addicted. But yeah blade runner times looks very disturbing, its going to be rare to see trees.

@prathenallen6378

6 жыл бұрын

Radical Theories what does that make you if you consider left wingers intelligent? Your so damn ignorant your jaw drops when you look in the mirror

To all the people living in the Southwest, now you know where most of your energy is coming from. Even at the cost of Navajo lives and health.

@chrisgarcia8592

3 жыл бұрын

@B. Lukee you do know this is just another way to keep drudging this genocide. I'm pretty sure you work at BHP or somewhere similar, you can't and won't ever have a change of heart and there's a great chance you worship God with greed in your heart. To put a low population of people on land where gold mines spill, 560+ uranium mines never being properly closed to this power plant isn't genocide just because of a dollar? If we went to any of these big cities where our resources power your selfish lives we'd be met with extreme prejudice.

@colinstewart3699

3 жыл бұрын

Lord have mercy on these people it’s not anything but tragic , help these people

@Jake-rs9nq

7 ай бұрын

The Southwest is mainly powered by natural gas and nuclear. Less than 10% of electricity in the region comes from coal. There has been a massive shift away from coal over the past 2 decades.

This breaks my heart. I am not American, I am from Eastern Europe. My people were for nearly a 1000 years oppressed, killed, and attempts were made to erase our identity forever by those larger and stronger than us. Somehow we survived all that. But now we, just like the Natives of America find ourselves in a declining population. We are slowly going to stop existing thanks to those more powerful than us. My heart goes out to these proud people and I hope before I lay to rest I get to meet and know them.

@cernunnosboudica8614

5 жыл бұрын

Its the Same everywhere the Briton identity has been turned English and they call our nation Britain rather then its true name of Pretani, our celtic languages nearly wiped out and our religion nearly dead and modern day england, scotland , wales alot of people are disenfranchised and lost. Smaller cultures get eliminated so the powerful can group everyone into one big identity for control. If I had the power and resources though I'd love to help the Navajo and other native nations against the USA , The USA as a nation is one of the biggest evils going on. They get involved with everything they are arrogant and act as if they own Everything. The winners wrote history and tend to class people less "advanced" Barbarian or Savage.. Humanity is sad. History is Important especially word of mouth history as alot isn't written.

@dudebro2852

5 жыл бұрын

Cernunnos Boudica Nobody gives a shit about ‘Pretani.’ Get fucking real, it’s the 21st century.

@borisbosnjak9772

4 жыл бұрын

@@dudebro2852 I care!

@barbarantia4621

4 жыл бұрын

JakodaRay It’s BS!!

@chupacabra9357

3 жыл бұрын

@@cernunnosboudica8614 The Britons? What? Those guys haven't even existed for centuries.

I am from farmington New Mexico....the living conditions on much of the navajo reservation is what we would consider nearly 3rd world conditions...

@deejim4767

4 жыл бұрын

Pretty much, I used to live in the reservation by Four Corners.

@saudielbamber4227

3 жыл бұрын

How do you fix this besides spending tons of money on it? Maybe getting rid of the reservations and treating them like normal counties in the states they reside in so that they are forced to assimilate to normal america. Thats what i would do.

@youngking2503

3 жыл бұрын

@@saudielbamber4227 Except the Government tried that in that past and it failed horribly

@andrewshelley7675

3 жыл бұрын

@@saudielbamber4227 you sound like someone who just wants to eradicate indigenous peoples culture. the indigenous people are not sovereign nations, they're all controlled and made weak by the us federal government.

@germanshepherd6638

2 жыл бұрын

@@andrewshelley7675 no, Mexico did that. The natives were never destroyed, yet there are no reservations in Mexico.

The society needs to see what the indigenous ppl are going through.

@treykulbeth7674

4 жыл бұрын

People know and we have plenty of assistance. The problem is The People don't want to change the systems in place.

I spent a month in Dine (Navajo) territory, including time at black mesa and I saw all of this stuff. I saw explosions coming from the nearby mine. I saw the areas where the black mesa really is black, because of coal. I heard people talking about moving the sheep to keep them away from the coal dust. And in that same family, the son worked in the coal mine at night as a mechanic. and the locals burned coal sometimes to cook. End every day, when I came back from herding sheep or whatever the father of the family would ask me "Seen any Hopis?" It basically meant the same as "Have you seen any cops around?" Because Black mesa, and much of the other places where Navajo live nearby, is on the Hopi reservation. Their tribal government has also made a big deal with Peabody coal company. They were always afraid that the Hopi would confiscate their sheep. But man Hopi elders also do not like the actions of Peabody coal. So it is not simply a matter of Navajos vs. Hopis, though it can seem that way on the surface. Also, yes, they did not have running water and have to drive it in by pick up truck. In nearly a month, I took only one shower. In the Peabody coal mine locker room.

@cynthiastorer1230

Күн бұрын

Government Mafia is cold blooded urinates all over Indigenous mineralogy.

"CHEAP ELECTRICITY AT A HIGH COST"

What is fucked up and piss me up the most is America (U.S.) has holiday for MLK, Entire month for Black history, Columbus day, and Cesar Chevez, Cinco de Mayo etc etc all are pretty much worthless holidays!!! We don't have anyday for Native American "American Indians" it's really sad.

@daveyjones3016

9 жыл бұрын

knightofdreamz no he want it so people know it happened in the first place.

@fenrirthewolf5417

9 жыл бұрын

Davey most Americans over the age of 13 know what we did to the natives. We just don't care.

@yolandairene

9 жыл бұрын

We have Columbus Day fools love that holiday. It is a special to rub it into all people of color the things the white man has done. It is still a shame people of color do not like one another and will bend over backwards to kiss the white mans ass.

@antoniorg464

9 жыл бұрын

Cesar Chavez and cinco de mayo are native days if you really think about it, Cesar Chavez was a native mexican, and cinco de mayo the indigenous Mexicans running out the French. Idk

@sumyoungguy101

9 жыл бұрын

***** With your name Irishsorrow I'm thinking you're a Irish?

I used to live by the 4 Corners power plant in Ojo Armarillo. While being there, the air and water killed our animals which lead my mom to move to another part of the Navajo Nation and I left here to Los Angeles to follow my heart. In all, the Navajo Nation Government does not care for its people and its way of life. This is really sad because we as Native Americans were the 1st ecologists and built a metaphysics about taking care of our earth. The Navajo Government are there only for their personal agenda not for the people as well as the U.S. Government. What I can say is that ignorance doesn't last forever! The earth is changing and everything we do comes back in a circle. The Navajo people really need to stand up for liberation and fight for a better cause. The earth does not belong to us, we belong to the earth.

@8kilosunderyep877

6 жыл бұрын

P.Anthony Lasiloo you right brother

@Mike-01234

6 жыл бұрын

I worked at the plant a few times met lot of Navajo's who worked there they all seemed happy to have a job there. I asked them about what they thought if the plant and mine should shut down they all said no they want to keep it running because it gave them jobs. Navajo nation needs to do a better job of getting industry to come to the reservation. We should not be sending all our production to China when we have lot of people right here in American that could use good job.

@josephallen971

6 жыл бұрын

of course the natives that work at the plant like their job only because of the money they make, to them their fancy Harley Davidson motorcycle and big trucks driving around town and in the local town parade. they may be cool with their co-workers but to their own people the are assholes.

@Mike-01234

6 жыл бұрын

The reservation had a chance a few years ago to not renew the lease with APS why didn't they if rest of the people don't want the plant there?

@josephallen971

6 жыл бұрын

the Navajo people had no saying to shut the plant down, many were against it but was ignored and would not be heard by their Navajo nation president or its council . it just money in their pockets and they don't care about their own people.

As a Navajo I felt sick and pissed off when those rangers or cops have some f*ckin nerve to hurt that grandma.

VICE News travels to the Navajo Nation to find out how its abundance of coal is affecting the future of the Navajo people. Watch “Toxic: Coal Ash” - bit.ly/1zDaW66

When the last tree has been cut down, the last fish caught, the last river poisoned, only then will we realize that one cannot eat money" is a quote by a Cree Indian. We all love money and cheap electricity but it cannot sustain us.

@kimcoffin7403

5 жыл бұрын

Amen my brother

can't eat coal can't drink oil without water there Is no life #miniwiconi

Man how could they do that to an elder that pisses me off hearing what they did To try to intimidate her

why haven't our tribal leaders invest in solar/wind energy yet?

@thesun.9375

6 жыл бұрын

Audrey Calavaza they are too worried about making the roads even

@josephallen971

6 жыл бұрын

because our Navajo nation government rather take the money it makes from the coal plant then invest in wind or solar power we elect people that promise it's Navajo people the they help them then turn their back them once they are in office ,the money get corrupts them then they spend it on themselves (new cars ,big houses and family vacations) Navajo nation government care nothing of it people only the money.

@loreleivixen

5 жыл бұрын

It's all money driven.

@AkashiyaAlly

5 жыл бұрын

It’s too expensive

@btwarner2124

5 жыл бұрын

Casino pays more.

Pa was full of old coal mines. We are pretty mined out though. Pa has so many mountains if you were not close you were not affected. My family was always poor so we lived in the valleys. But the fresh springs in the mountains always gave us fresh water.. my home is so old it has a spring running through my basement. Depending on The weather it runs faster or slower.

This shows why I have so few respect to the US economy: Those in charge sold their souls long time ago and would even sell their own grandparents just to make a bit more money. That's just wrong and the fact that they want to use TTIP to be able to do the same in europe is even worse.

@thetoughguy7

9 жыл бұрын

It is the kids who want to work on these coal mines. The elders warn them not to but they don't listen. 5:04

@DocRattie

9 жыл бұрын

thetoughguy jr. They have to chose between no work and work for an evil company that ruins their land. They have to chose to between dieing and dieing slowly. Yeah, tell me how it's all their fault and the companys running the coal mines have nothing to do with it...

@thetoughguy7

9 жыл бұрын

DocRattie I think they should move to the big city to find work. Study in the city and get careers maybe.

@DocRattie

9 жыл бұрын

thetoughguy jr. I have two problams with that: 1) It completly disrespects their heritage and culture. It would demand them to their howl culture behind and leave all they ever had behind. Obviosly there has to be a compromise and they should be open for a compromise. But the compromise can't be that they just drop out of their culture. 2) an economy needs and working class. Those are the ppl that do the physical hard work and you need those. Thus not everybody can study and achive a higher career. Therefore you need an economy that gives those worker a fair chance and give the posibility to make a living out of "normal" hard work. The US economy completly denies that and gives only one way: You either achive a higher career to earn enough money or you have no chance in live. That's just not right. A goal for a company in that area should be to make money while working with the naitive and combining their way of live with what thay can do to make profite. But instead they only focus on profite and abuse the natives and cheap workers till there is nothing left and then move on to the next place to make money. That works in regards of making the most profit. But is kills the fundament of the Us economy and at some point it's only left to collapse.

@thetoughguy7

9 жыл бұрын

DocRattie I went to the navajo nation this summer. there is a significant amount who travel to the city to study and get careers but they still LIVE on the reservation.

Can't believe no one was sued or jailed for assaulting a 90yo woman

I say forcibly take down the coal mines. How much longer are we going to allow the abuse of our people. This is our land, and I say these mining companies have no right to be on our land.

6:05 proof the navajo nation government pays off local authorities

This is beyond frustrating...

@leerman22

6 жыл бұрын

Coal ash collectively emits more radioactivity than nuclear waste. I prefer nuclear waste. Bruce nuclear plant is a lush garden but I think they stopped giving tours after 9/11.

It makes me sooo mad! How can yoy hurt an old women. What a jerk !!! I wish this had more veiws. Why dont more people do something

"The blue eyed white demon will walk this land and consume all". - Spotted Elk

@HawkaRider250

4 жыл бұрын

That's racist ..

@johnandrews3547

4 жыл бұрын

you goddamed right we will

@jeremiejackson6665

4 жыл бұрын

Wtf.

@daybrezicki6276

4 жыл бұрын

Truth.

@musicguy20

4 жыл бұрын

White walkers

It pisses me off when big corporations keep stepping on the little man especially the native Americans it truly is a gut wrenching to watch the natives treated less than human beings especially in this so called land of liberty

This problem just not only happens in America,but also the same in our country Malaysia,in the state of Sarawak,where the native customs rights land has been taken or grab by big businesses like logging and next palm oil,and also coal mining in the coastal area of central Sarawak.Even some land in our state has also been grabbed by some authorities,claiming it was a state or government land though in the truth,it belongs to the natives.Since our economy and industrial activities booming up,more lands had been grab to build huge hydroelectric dams and large palm oil plantations without any proper reparation.Some villagers within the land may be mocked or been attacked by gangsters who backed up the companies who tresspassed their land,claming that they didnt have any rights on their land and took it back.Villagers were mocked,attacked,raped and humiliated by the outsiders while taking down their village and land for their business activities.As a result,all their activities had brought bad impact not only to the society,but also health and safety.Hydroelectric dams can cause overflowing in the upper section of the river and these can sink some forest which is the habitats for animals and native people.Palm oil plantation can cause toxic pollution by its fertilizer and pesticides.Palm oil mill refinery that was build near water resources can pollute the air river by its waste.his is a shame and unlawful for us humans because everyone had their own rights to protect their custody from being fallen into the hands of the unlawful human beings..

I grew up on Black Mesa and I can't have children. Is it because of this? My father was a heavy equipment operator for Peabody. He was a proud man. My mom had two miscarriages since dad started at Peabody. He always brought coal home, to warm the home.

Not only that, it's hard to open up a business here, it takes at least 4 years to get approved and hopefully get it going, but then a survey comes out to your door and it shuts down your business "temporarily", but then they take their time to go through the survey, so then not many jobs are being made cause of this system... I'm this close of being ashamed of this reservation after finding out about this... and it sickens me that the navajo nation government said, "We're a sovereign nation", even though we're not

@godsfamily6803

7 жыл бұрын

Solar panel electric cars look up earthship.com that the way to live

The sun is still the best source of energy. I need an investor to back me up so I can develop an affordable solar panel for every house.

My grandfather Navajo Code talker Carlos Begay Sr., was born and raised in Black Mesa, Az before the coalmine started its decay and destruction of our homeland, on top of Black Mesa, Az. How do u tell us the reservation is ours, love all my family and relatives back home, home real home where mom and grandma are. This right here is very important for our childrens sake.

This issue presented to us is a real problem we have to get rid of but the host did a terrible job of displaying. She said a lot of things that simply aren't true and it would have been fine to simply stick with the truth. Instead she made false assertions.

I had no idea, I thought the Southwest was mostly hydro. Great eye opener.

The miners that dont know how to do anything else, start looking and learning for another job, these coal mines are a thing of the past!

@justusr5092

6 жыл бұрын

conservative personnel theres coalmines all over the world... the biggest in Canada, Australia and China. My father who used to be a loading truck operator for Peabody is now a mechanic/welder for Catepillar and has been to multiple mines, predominantly coalmines, all around the world. It’s like gold to Canada and South America. Point is coalmining is still alive and well. Maybe not like the early to mid 1900s but still a highly used resource. It’s not going anywhere anytime soon

@Acidlib

4 жыл бұрын

The UK has entirely phased out coal as an energy source. If they were able to do it, then why can’t we do the same?

You know sometimes I don't think VICE knows how to chemistry, it's a shame.

Thanks for sharing that. Hopefully we can help more.

Black mesa finally gettn water I survey it! I was surprised that the mine didn't pay for the water line for all these years!

People who don't live in an industrial area don't know shit about how fucked up it can get...

Just saw Rena and her daughters on Friday. They are strong and as beautiful as ever. She is a leader, historian, mother, revolutionary, an informed and intelligent woman. These people are who every American ought to know about and support. Thank You Vice!

@fawngene4111

3 жыл бұрын

Our mothers and Grand mothers are beautiful and strong. Proud to have the same type of family .

We have family who have worked in the unranium and coal mines. They developed cancer and eventually passed away because of it

That lady who took that beating is a thug. Tough as nails. Keep it up. Its gross how big business often trumps people's rights, and to often those less fortunate than most. No water. Really??

Man, the last part got to me. The US is fucked.

Yá'át'éhh ak'éí please band together and stop those people from killing our native people! How can people just stand back and watch as all the natives slowly die? It's all sad! I pray to our ancestors to help the native people get out of there fast and move to where they will be loved, cherished, respected, and given rights to speak on their own behalf.

Think about this When you Tun an electric switch on!

Why are U.S. states on every map but not every reservation? Just think about this, you could go and change the maps.

@jacobmercado3762

5 жыл бұрын

@The watchmans eyes um...no

@jonajo9757

4 жыл бұрын

@The watchmans eyes Louisiana is definitely one of them...

@bob-zk2cv

3 жыл бұрын

CC that doesn’t really mean anything! My last name is Livingston which is a white American name

I feel your pain, I live in West Virginia and strip mining is devastating our land

The Navajo Nation Tribal leadership has been a thorn in the side of the Navajo Nation. Multiple, multiple, poor decisions have been made regarding a whole host of critical issues that affect my Navajo people. This angers me. Many Navajo Tribal leaders are lining their own pockets at the expense of their forefathers and family members. Shameful!.

Western cities a "Feat of modern engineering"? More like a horrible, terrible failure of tragedy in my opinion.

Where all the wannabes at? They claim to be Natives yet you don't see any standing by the real Natives of America....

I feel kind of bad for living in Phoenix now. :(

@Patri_Fides

9 жыл бұрын

Evildeathmonkey Solar panels are expensive, dude and I'm not a wealthy guy.

@Patri_Fides

9 жыл бұрын

John Fraser It's unfortunate where a lot of our energy comes from, but I didn't make it that way and it's not like I can march down to the Navajo Nation and make them stop. I would like to buy solar panels but I'd rather keep eating three meals a day, you douche.

@shaterproofblosm

9 жыл бұрын

Jack St john bs, solar panels arnt expensive, for 2,000 you would have more then enough power for a full house. I tell ya what's expensive.. life.. and the land we take for granted.

@johncarlisle4423

8 жыл бұрын

+neruyn if you do it right, by having solar power for your home, you can make money selling excess energy back to the city

@samanthaheart-gaming9049

6 жыл бұрын

There could be more responsible ways to mine coal

Reporter failed to mention the Back Mesa and Lake Powell private railroad that hauls the coal 78 miles from the mine to the Navajo Generating Station near Page,AZ

The mining around my area cutoff the migration pattern for the Elk, deer, antelope now we don't hardy see them

We need to build our own infrastructure for nuclear development and exclude anyone that is not Navajo. Unless, they have sworn an oath to the prosperity of our nation. The Navajo children also need to be required to learn all the basics to get them into the STEM fields! It should be an education pathway Navajo Nation preschool through higher education at Dine' College. We need to become more competitive intellectually, instead of being idle toward our tribes technological developments. Please listen to me Navajo Nation! This is the livelihood and prosperity of so many Navajo. The federal government is broke, the Navajo Nation is broke, and dominant groups members despise our legal headway. They also resort to barbarous behavior to make political statements and they like to quarrel over simple things like self-responsibility of individuals, and subgroups of Navajo. Get your children's heads out of the media and into the institutions of the future. We need to really be self-determined, not just saying we are.

If I could inflict eternal torture on the men who attacked Rena Lane I would.

Give the Navajo back there Land!

"Cheap electricity at a high cost"

give the navo back their land!!!!!!!

@ddg0907

6 жыл бұрын

Too late to say anything now

@thesun.9375

6 жыл бұрын

Puglous you do realize that we are slowly losing our land every year right?

@yeah280

6 жыл бұрын

Puglous please don’t speak on native issues if you’re not one you fucking idiot

@yeah280

5 жыл бұрын

B. Lukee you sound stupid

I did not know this shit and im navajo

Peabody Energy is owned by the Royal Family of Great Britain.

Did you by any chance happen to visit Ana Begay on Coal Mine Mesa? Is she still alive? She was my Navajo grandmother when I lived there in 2000 and I miss her and her spirit very much.

This is propaganda. The power plant has scrubbers and that's not smoke it's steam .

@galacticacorn7805

8 жыл бұрын

then please live here and experience it for yourself since your such an expert

@Derekclaw4

8 жыл бұрын

I do live here. It's all blown out proportion. Those power plants have scrubbers and its steam coming out of the units not smoke. Do your research before pointing fingers.

@galacticacorn7805

8 жыл бұрын

+Derek Claw im not stupid its chemical steam not water steam how about you do your research

@Derekclaw4

8 жыл бұрын

I didn't say you were stupid. Chemicals? Lol. Nice choice of words go research more or talk to the individuals who work at the power plants and coal mines. Before You start blasting the system you have very little knowledge of.

@Derekclaw4

8 жыл бұрын

I don't know about that. I have friends and relatives who work and live near the power plants and coal mines that don't have asthma or any health problems.

1:26 Half Life 3 Confirmed

Fight my First Nation, fight.

The whole Four Corners area was forested to a much larger extent before all the aquifers were drained and the dams built.

Nothing gets you motivated to do well in class quite like watching people live in poverty.

My family has been working for Peabody mine for multiple generations with my grandpa being the latest to retire just 2 years ago. He’s very healthy for his age and wishes he could just go back to work, my dad worked there for about 20 and is perfectly fine. A majority of my friends’ family worked there and their perfectly fine. I grew up around coal hauling and using it most of my life and I’m ok. One thing I’ve always heard from the actual workers is that these people coming in bashing on them to the public are doing nothing but feeding lies to those of higher power. Yeah it may not be the cleanest energy, but it’s more natural than some of the things my dad has worked on and that I’ve gotten to see. Even if it was so bad, it is of great economical importance to the reservation. Without it, many won’t be able to get through winters, towns will most likely deteriorate as well because for decades, the coalmines were the epicenter of jobs on the reservation. And if it closes, people will have to seek elsewhere, but that also causes a dilemma. Most on the reservation only know that life, and even if they were comfortable going off the Rez, places to go are very limited because these people have relied on the reservation land all their lives. It’s their home. Closing it now won’t make much of a difference anyways. The long term effects are going to be what really sets the people back. I have seen life on and off the rez. I come from a family of these kinds of workers and have also done my own research on it for college. Every outcome I try to see and understand ends with a downward spiral of the reservation community and economy. Even some of the things I’m hearing from these people just sounds so foreign to me. My girlfriends family has lived on the Mesa since before the mine was established and they’ve never had problems like those discussed on here as well. It’s just something you really have to be apart of to understand. I have family that work for the mine, family that relies on the mine, and a political uncle who has had a say in this stuff and even he knows that the mines is the reservation’s livelihood. This is partly why I have chose to do such research as well on my own time.

Love the sound of that original American language.

The problem is that there are no ultrafine dispersion sprayers-injectors to create a mining work condition to keep coal dust down and workers are not equipped with proper protective personal breathing apparatus and protective air filters inside the cabins of their mining equipment.

This woman always looks absolutely clueless every time she does an interview.. :o

y cant we focus on clean energy instead of old ,outdated, harmful energy production

@EK-kw7tr

6 жыл бұрын

Skelotor Two how?

@BonjourGuysBasement

6 жыл бұрын

Navajo Nation is the least interested into investing beneficial infrastructure. Politicians are to blame and blatant nepotism. Look up how much money has been spent into the Navajo Housing Authority if you're still interested.

@MichaelLloyd

6 жыл бұрын

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navajo_Generating_Station

how can we as voters an consumers help? I'm looking into solar an wind power but I'm just getting buy now as it is.

Girl, how can you ask a terminally-ill man "how do you feel about your future?"?

Although the report is done fairly well, the actual research is pretty poor. (There are lots of mistakes throughout this whole video) One example would be at 1:30 she says something about mixed blessings come from the coal and that there are these hills of black. Those hills of black are not coal. I've been to the bhp coal mines. I used to work out there every day, the coal is much darker than those hills of black as she calls them. What they really are is basically the layers between the coal, they will use that when they reclaim the land and put it back the way it was after they are done mining. In all reality, lets just look at the culture of the Navajos first and the land that they are on. This is the high desert, if you want grass and trees, you need to plant it and water it. The reservation or Navajo nation does not provide much resources for their people, but they sure do benefit from the mine. The mine is Navajo preference and is at least 90% Navajo. This video makes me laugh. Not even 30 miles from this is a thriving town that is farmed and green, and its still in the high desert.... That town has the resources to keep things green. Would be pretty funny to just shut off power to these peoples houses for one day.... This is the resource we have at hand....

These people are making millions off this mining, but their tribe can't manage it. There are plenty of tribes that can.

@TotalDissolvedSalamanders

9 жыл бұрын

The tribe doesnt own the mineral rights persay and the companies arnt tribe owned. They are private businesses that have purchased land rights from the federal government pending tribe approval. Some of these deals go back 50-60 years when there was no understanding of commodity value. Even the recently bought coal mine the tribe doesnt make money off of it as they have to first pay back the company.

@davidscott5595

9 жыл бұрын

killeninicent That doesn't appear to be the case. Many tribes receive royalty payments from resource extraction. It appears that this tribe has just mismanaged it. www.resourcegovernance.org/sites/default/files/RWI_Native_American_Lands_2011.pdf

What they're doing to the Navajos, and their land, is absolutely criminal, and yet they get away with it, because big money always wins.

Excellent Video, excellent and I understand you all won this fight and Peabody and Coal mining at least at Black Mesa is shut down, however as you showed very well, it is dried out and according to other acitivst I have read, the springs no longer run and the streams I have seen are dry.

I dont know why so many people are hating on good ol' murica, Really I blame human nature in general

@coolworx

5 жыл бұрын

Yup. I noticed there was a lot of driving. The fact is, there are too many of us and we all want convenient lives.

@michaelbegay1437

5 жыл бұрын

A lot of finger pointing of what's what who is who but I agree with you, human nature, big fat greedy individuals. thanks brother.

1:49 There is a Redskins helmet hanging from his rear view mirror. This tells me that there is at least one Native American whom isn't offended by the Redskins mascot/team name. hmmm..........

@fenrirthewolf5417

9 жыл бұрын

Most natives don't give a fuck. It's only a few retarded natives trying to remain relivant, and a whole lot of but hurt white librals.

@apofis231

9 жыл бұрын

Turk Sandwich alot of us think it's cool and often sport redskins attire posthumously. its only politically correct idiots who care

@reafdaw01

9 жыл бұрын

***** You wear them after you are dead?

@apofis231

9 жыл бұрын

reafdaw01 No - after the thought

@brucewayne6446

9 жыл бұрын

Real natives don't give a shit, it's them half-breeds or those millions of cherokees.

This isn't just a concern for the Navajo people but for all people's.

Very upsetting to hear about all of this. Really want to help make a change.

JOHN REDCORN DOES NOT APPROVE

Sweetheart, those "hills of black", aren't coal. That's what is called spoils. Or tailings from the massive drag-lines that clear the way to the coal seems. I enjoy watching most of the Vice KZread videos, but you guys have alot of incorrect info. Is there coal dust at a mine site? Sure. But the coal is not just spread everywhere. I have worked coal for the last decade. I will obviously say that there are environmental problems with its processing, but the mines do alot to keep problems in check. You want daily disasters... go check out oil drilling sites in Wyoming. If you could see just half of what gets dumped, it would make your brain hurt.

The end of the world will start at Black Mesa.

@Dinco422

9 жыл бұрын

We all know it Borat!

@vaultboy941hi6

6 жыл бұрын

The end of the world is Piñon, ayye

Until there is campaign finance reform, issues like these are gonna keep persisting.

did anyone else notice that there is a native american wearing a redskins cap?

@edwinnie69

9 жыл бұрын

Black people use the word Nigga. Your point?

@edwardbernayse6665

9 жыл бұрын

yeah most don't care about that PC game of changing the name of the mascot. some even get pissed off at non-native americans for saying something about it.

@lastofadyingbreed311

9 жыл бұрын

edwinnie69 lol, for real tho....

@will_sfv

9 жыл бұрын

they get mad when white people wear it or say redskins, its the same thing with white people saying nigga, only the real natives should be able to wear that shit

@thesun.9375

6 жыл бұрын

Daswassup not true. Some us natives literally don't care because we got better things to worry about. The only natives that get all butt hurt are the the "my grandmother was a Cherokee princes" or "I'm 6% Native American" people.

Ive been up there to see this mine and the surrounding land with my own eyes. While any type of resource exploitation has pros and cons, and there are a few who are more adversely effected than others, this documentary paints an rather biased and exaggerated picture of the "damage" being inflicted. Look at the mine on google earth and street view for a perspective. Its a beautiful and desolate land up there. Its not a desert because the evil coal company sucked up all the water and now everything is dead. The Navajos don't live the way they do because of white exploitation. They have always scratched a living from a dry and unforgiving land. While coal fired power plants are not anything to brag about, The Navajo generating station supplies only a small percentage of the power needs of Vegas and Arizona. I live 35 miles downwind of the largest nuclear power plant in the US and it supplies power to six states and Mexico. Environmental "Do Gooders" have managed to shut down Arizona's oldest hydro electric plant that used to supply the whole state at one time. They are also fighting all the solar generating stations in Arizona and Nevada. Wind power is also constantly hampered by nimbys and animal rights terrorists. So...what do you propose as a better alternative? I'm waiting.....

@lakeecstasy1616

6 жыл бұрын

that damage is quite real. I used to live there and grew up seeing springs, ponds, and small creeks. Since the water table has been fucked due to strip mining, the grass fields that supported my grandparents’ sheep are now gone and thus their sheep and livestock numbers heavily decreased. And all of those water sources are now gone. So yeah, the damage depicted isn’t being dramatized.

the longest human riights violation, land grab, and colonization that has yet to be dismantled in the US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. more people in civil rights organizations, and journalism should to more to address and speak out on the plight of native americans, glad vice has done this report and others on first nation Canadians.

It's so isolated what other material will the town export to create income? Now that the mine is closed them what? Whom comes from how far afar? And for what reasons would they visit?

also just a side note i wish i coulda met this girl while she was in NM she is really beautiful ;)

@michaelbegay1437

5 жыл бұрын

And ate her burger. Just wondering .

OK. So where is the discussion from the other side? You interviewed 4 people who are old and half of them are jobless. I can safely say that this "report" is shamelessly bias and doesn't deserve much merit.

If they want ur land they will just take it..us goverment got no love for people of this thand.take take take

I love how he’s a redskins fan 🙌🏼

Go solar

@thesun.9375

6 жыл бұрын

Not that simple

Natives arn't the only ones with black lung you can look at the old miners from west Virginia and Kentucky and see the same thing. Its one of the many risks of the job, a job that has put this country way ahead of others in many aspects. And those that were "displaced" probably took a buy out not just kicked off their land. The Navajo agreed to a bad deal the same as buying a used car "as-is". We will eventually run out of coal so finding alternatives is a good idea but it would be foolish to not use our resources because even if they outlawed coal burning plants in the U.S, tomorrow we'll still be mining coal but shipping it to china that doesn't give a shit about pollution and they will burn it in their unregulated power plants.

@natived2003

6 жыл бұрын

Your dumb, do this world a favor and shut up! You have no clue what your talking and shouldn't be allowed to breed!

@muffinsavior3004

6 жыл бұрын

natived2003 what about that is dumb he made reasonable points to me I see it all the time out in PA with these old miner coughing up there lungs

@Noorewok

6 жыл бұрын

You're a fucking idiot.

@chrisedwards3866

6 жыл бұрын

The "it would be foolish to not use our resources" is utterly retarded when we know how much damage coal does. That's like having a plate of poisoned food in front of you, and saying it would be foolish to not eat the food. It is edible and has calories - but it may leave you bedridden or send you to the hospital a day later. And the argument of "it was good in the past, so keep using it" is just as dumb. There was a time when humans ate food raw without cooking it, but you don't see anyone making the argument that we should eat uncooked chicken just because it was a way early humans fed themselves. Raw foods got us through the hunter-gatherer eras. You similarly don't see people advocating obsolete medical practices. And I bet you're not using a 1990's era Windows 95 computer with a CRT monitor (yes it's possibly to use the modern internet on those). Those computers are the machines that built the modern world - in fact Google (KZread's owner) was originally coded on computers running Windows 98! So why aren't you advocating that people use those? Probably because they are slow, outdated, virus-magnets that are detrimental to both the user and (due to the viruses) the entire online ecosystem - that's why. It is a literally thoughtless argument by those who are struggling to defend their anti-environment opinion, and they hold that opinion because that's the momentum of their political beliefs. They know better, if you sat them down and got them to actually talk about it they'd even bring themself to the conclusion that supporting coal for "old time's sake" (that's literally the argument) is ridiculous. But the next day, they'd revert to climate change denialist habits. People root themself to their political beliefs, and they'd rather be illogical for a long time than change something that they've identified with so personally. Just look at how fanatically some people support some sports team, and remember that probably 10 times that number of people support a political party or idea just as fanatically. How easy is it to convince any of those super-fans to support their nemesis instead? That would be a very slow change, wouldn't it? Well that's how slowly and reluctantly people realize that some prior political belief was wrong. And the OP's argument is one of the "I know they suck, but they're MY arbitrarily-chosen favorite team!" arguments. And unfortunately, public policy is influenced by such diehards.

@muttontrash1311

6 жыл бұрын

Ok I’m going to be reasonable there is no comparison because right now the ones in Kentucky and Tennessee who mine are already done and get free health care from it but the Navajo people don’t have that and it’s hard for them and we need to understand that there are alternatives as well like solar panels and the Navajo can still be traditionally living beings

What kind of human being would lay their hands on that 92 year old lady?

@boohoo746

8 жыл бұрын

+Matty Zing A law enforcement officer (A "ranger" who said "you broke the law")

When you know there talking about me because my name's Cole lmao

The greatest evils are ones never spoken of. The deeds that carry on in deathly quiet.

Reminds me of Earnest goes to Camp

if you use the same space for solar panels you can generate the energy needed

@Savage369

8 жыл бұрын

Yea but this is capitalism to them not save the environment.

@galacticacorn7805

8 жыл бұрын

theres been many attempts by the Navajo nation to shut down the plants but the US government kept it on therefore stumping the clean energy act

No so called law enforcement should be manhandling elders and especially eldrly women, it is a disgrace the law treated the elder that way. The law broke their own laws and should be chareged for assualt!

Forget all these comments HOW CAN WE STOP THIS?! this world is going to hell in a handbasket