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The Navajo Indian Irrigation Project (NIIP) (Navajo: Dáʼákʼeh Ntsaa) is a large agricultural development located in the northwest corner of New Mexico.The NIIP is one of the largest Native American owned and operated agricultural businesses in the United States.
The program is a partnership between the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, United States Bureau of Reclamation, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Indian Affairs, the states of Colorado and New Mexico, the tribal governments of Navajo Nation, Jicarilla Apache, Southern Ute, and Ute Mountain Ute as well as environmental concerns ...
In the 1930s, the Indian Irrigation Service constructed two concrete diversion dams on nearby T'iisnazbas Creek. The dams irrigated approximately 400 acres (1.6 km 2) of Navajo farmland. It was renamed Teec Nos Pas in 1960 and Teec Nos Pos in 1983. [4]
At Navajo Dam, a large fraction of San Juan River water is diverted into the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project (NIIP), which irrigates 70,000 acres (28,000 ha) of farmland to the south of the river. About 508,000 acre-feet (0.627 km 3 ), or 30 percent of the lake's capacity, are allocated to the NIIP. [ 10 ]
The dam serves for flood control, irrigation and long-term water storage, and its operations are paired with two major water projects of the upper San Juan River: the San Juan–Chama Project which diverts almost 100,000 acre-feet (0.12 km 3) per year from the San Juan watershed to the Rio Grande system serving Albuquerque, New Mexico, [95] and ...
Navajo cultural advisor George R. Joe explains the painful history, and present-day controversies, that shaped his work on AMC crime drama 'Dark Winds.' Stereotypes. Taboos.
Reportedly, out of anger, Navajo tribe members "chased McCain off the Navajo Nation" and yelled "get off our land." See the interaction in the video below. See the interaction in the video below.
Two Indian chemical companies have been indicted for allegedly importing ingredients for the highly addictive opioid fentanyl into the United States and Mexico, the U.S. Department of Justice said ...