"Companies will simply be discouraged from developing the minerals on my behalf because it just doesn't make sense economically or technologically."
"I too care deeply about the Chaco cultural heritage. After all, I'm a Navajo who lives right in the Greater Chaco Region."
"It is a carefully thought-out community that our ancestors planned and executed over centuries."
"It is important that we know and understand the emotion and the feeling behind it."
"This is a failure of the Federal Government and completely unacceptable."
"They are window dressing. Right? They are advisory boards who don't have any teeth at all."
"Mr. Tahsuda took full responsibility for this 'gag rule,' but did not apologize for its negative effects."
"Not only is that an unacceptable way to receive a response, but it was also unsatisfactory--it was light on details and did not address many of our questions."
"We are concerned that, had we not requested a meeting at Chemawa, we would not have gotten that response."
"We are seeking basic information about the operation of a school that deserves to be taken seriously."
"every single child in this country deserves to have a quality education."
"when these--when things like this happen, these contamination issues, it takes a tremendous toll on not just the person who is being affected by it but the entire community."