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The Navajo Nation, the largest Native American tribe in the United States, is concerned that as the United States seeks to revive its domestic nuclear fuel industry following a ban on US imports of Russian uranium, increased transportation of uranium ore through their land will expose their tribal members to health risks.
"We have not been able to meet with the White House yet regarding this," Ahasteen said. "We have met with officials from the US Department of Justice and the Navajo Nation is currently putting together regulations for the transport of uranium through our lands in partnership with the US EPA."
Navajo is the largest Indian tribe in the United States, it occupies a territory of 70 thousand square kilometers, including the states of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah. According to the latest data, the number of officially registered representatives of the Navajo is approaching 400 thousand.