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Peterson Zah

Born December 2, 1937 · Low Mountain, Arizona, USA

Died March 7, 2023 · aged 85

Peterson Zah (1937-2023) was an American politician who held several offices with the Navajo Nation. From 1983 to 1987, he was chairman of the Navajo Nation, its then-head-of-government. At its 1991 restructuring, he became the first president of the Navajo Nation, until 1995. He then worked at Arizona State University as special adviser to the president on American Indian Affairs, and consulted c…

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The Four Corners: A National Sacrifice Area?The Four Corners: A National Sacrifice Area? · 1983
The Four Corners: A National Sacrifice Area?
1983
MovieDocumentary
Documents the cultural and ecological impacts of coal stripmining, uranium mining, and oil shale development in Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona – homeland of the Hopi and Navajo.

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