Controversy
From 1994 to 2003, there was a proposal to develop a coal mine near the Zuni Salt Lake. It would have involved extraction of water from the aquifer below the lake as well as construction between the lake and the Pueblo of Zuñi. The proposal was withdrawn after several lawsuits, and is regarded as an important exercise of native rights in the United States.
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