Mine Closure

Living on Earth

Members of the Hopi and Navajo nations face the loss of up to 200 jobs due to the closure of the heavily polluting Black Mesa Mine. But other community members are jubilant at the protection of the Hopi sacred springs. Host Jeff Young talks with filmmaker Christopher “Toby” McLeod who has been making documentaries on sacred Native American lands since 1978.

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