A tourist attraction proposed for the Navajo side of the Grand Canyon has been delayed by a year, because the controversial plan didn’t make it on the Navajo Nation Council’s summer legislative agenda.
Stance of the People of the Confluence: Saturday March 17, 2012 in Tuba City, Ariz. This was read to Deswood Tome, special advisor to Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly.
But they weren’t prepared for the scale of those tourism plans — a mega-development with hotels, stores and even a tram.
Navajo Nation president Ben Shelly’s December 31 for The Confluence Partners LLC to get community support for the proposed gondola tram/luxury resort on the northeast rim of the Grand Canyon passed quietly in the night.
We were prepared for yet another “illegal” vote to be called unexpectedly, at the last minute, this time.
Developers behind a proposed tourist destination in a sacred part of the Grand Canyon say they’ve secured approval from the Navajo Nation chapter where the development would take place, an important step mandated by Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly.