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One of those relatives is Daniel Benally, 73, who says he lives with shortness of breath after working for the Black Mesa mine in the same area for 35 years as a heavy equipment operator.

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Author interview with Anna Benally at her home in Shiprock, NM, on June 18, 2009.

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Todacheenie Benally, leaving wife Rose and thirteen children, died on May 28.14

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This essay was republished as Chapter 1 in The Navajo People and Uranium Mining, a collection of essays and oral histories edited by Doug Brugge, Timothy Benally, and Esther Yazzie-Lewis.

Yellow Dirt Judy Pasternak 2010

"I am concerned with the time when we won't have revenues from our natural resources," said Katherine Benally, head of the Navajo Nation Council's resources and development committee, while taking a break from a council budget session in Window Rock, Ariz.

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"Our identity is based on our relationship with these sacred places and this - having the source of our spiritual renewal become so contaminated and desecrated - is a direct threat to our survival," Klee Benally, a 35-year-old member of the Navajo tribe, told The Daily Mail.

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"She understood what I was going through," as a Navajo and a woman, Benally said.

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Being treated by a Navajo gynecologist made a big difference for patient Lorraine Benally.

Newsvine - Get Smarter Here Felicia Fonseca 2010

"She understood what I was going through," as a Navajo and a woman, Benally said.

Newsvine - Get Smarter Here Felicia Fonseca 2010

Being treated by a Navajo gynecologist made a big difference for patient Lorraine Benally.

Newsvine - Get Smarter Here Felicia Fonseca 2010