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The sacred San Francisco Peaks is known by many other names. To the Navajo, it's Dook'o'ooslid ("The Place Where the Snow Never Melts") while the Hopi call the Peaks Nuvatukya'ovi ("The Place of Snow on the Very Top"). Other tribal names include Tsii Bina ("Protection Shrine," Acoma), Dzil Tso ("Big Mountain," Apache), Wikagana pa'dja ("Snowy Mountain," Havasupai), Wik' hanbaja ("Snowy Mountain," Hualapai), Wimonogaw'a ("Cold Mountain," Yavapai), and Sunha:kwin K'yaba:chu Yalanne ("Mountain with the Volcanic Water Caches," Zuni Pueblo).

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FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - During the Flagstaff City Council's special meeting on Monday, Aug. 30, the Navajo Nation will once again stand in opposition to expansion efforts of the Arizona Snowbowl ski resort. A proposal currently sits before the City Council that, if passed, would allow Flagstaff to sell potable water to the ski resort for snowmaking. "By asking the Navajo Nation if we prefer potable or effluent water is essentially asking us if we are willing to negotiate our identity as Navajos. It is like asking us to turn our back on a family member. As such, this is a matter that we cannot negotiate," Council Delegate Thomas Walker defiantly stated.

By Alastair Bitsoi August 18, 2010