The sun finally peaked out of the clouds over the White Mesa Community Center as a crowd of elders and toddlers, and activists of all ages, braced against the wind. Members of the Ute Mountain Ute tribe gather every year for the same purpose: to try to save their home for future generations.
Just outside the tiny community of White Mesa, Utah, sits a uranium mill the tribe believes is poisoning their land and people. Since 2017, they’ve held an annual spiritual walk and protest, demanding White Mesa Mill be moved or permanently shut down...