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U.S. House OKs bill giving tribes more control over mineral resources

Charles McConnell, Cronkite News//October 13, 2015//

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U.S. House OKs bill giving tribes more control over mineral resources

U.S. House OKs bill giving tribes more control over mineral resources

Charles McConnell, Cronkite News//October 13, 2015//

A bulldozer crawls over a pile of coal at Peabody’s Kayenta mine on the Navajo Nation in this 2012 photo. (Photo courtesy Peabody Energy) WASHINGTON –...

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