We've driven through Shiprock, NM a few times. It's on the Navajo Rez. Along the highway you'll find dozens of Indians with pickups selling coal by the gunny sack, hay by the bale, etc.
There’s two abandoned coal mines by Kayenta. The Navajo dug coal out of the ground before Peabody got there. I imagine they still do. The coal mine fed a power plant and the EPA said shut it down.
In my opinion Peabody screwed up the land by using so much water that they lowered the water table and now the natives are screwed.
