Dr. Andrew Curley testifies before Congress on the socio-political history of energy development for the Navajo Nation

April 17, 2018

…the Navajo Nation Washington D.C. — On Thursday, April 12, 2018 Dr. Andrew Curley presented aspects of his research to the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. The title of the hearing was “The benefits of the Navajo Generating Station to Local Economies.” Dr. Curley talked about the sociopolitical history of energy development for the Navajo Nation and related it to the question of coal, water, and the distr…

Dr. Andrew Curley interviewed by Duke Human Rights Center

February 11, 2020

…Please follow the link to the interview – https://humanrights.fhi.duke.edu/what-is-a-resource-curse-interview-with-dr-andrew-curley/ Youtube Video: Environmental Justice & Indigenous Rights | Andrew Curley: What Is A RESOURCE CURSE?…

Dr. Curley received a research grant from the Wenner-Gren Foundation

October 17, 2017

Andrew Curley recently received a research grant from the Wenner-Gren Foundation for the project “The End of Navajo Coal,” which builds on his dissertation work on the social nature of coal in the Navajo Nation (2013-2014). Andrew’s follow up project traces how the unexpected shutting down of Navajo coal mines is informing indigenous resource politics and livelihoods.The amount of the grant is $16,868. Dr. Curley plans to update his dissertation…

Dr. Curley publishes paper entitled “T’áá hwó ají t’éego and the Moral Economy of Navajo Coal Workers”

December 4, 2018

…Curley, A. (2018) T’áá hwó ají t’éego and the Moral Economy of Navajo Coal Workers. Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 1-16….

Dr. Curley publishes paper entitled “A failed green future: Navajo Green Jobs and energy “transition” in the Navajo Nation.”

December 1, 2017

…Curley, A. (2018) A failed green future: Navajo Green Jobs and energy “transition” in the Navajo Nation. Geoforum, 88, 57-65….

Dr. Andrew Curley, postdoctoral fellow in Geography, published the essay “Water is Life and Life is Sovereignty: Context and Considerations for Critical Geographers”

January 1, 2017

Dr. Andrew Curley, postdoctoral fellow in Geography, published the essay “Water is Life and Life is Sovereignty: Context and Considerations for Critical Geographers” in Antipode’s Intervention. The essay discusses how the history and power of tribal sovereignty need to be understood in order to grasp what is happening at Standing Rock, North Dakota, regarding the The Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). (Article is available at: https://antipodefoundat…

Dr. Curley publishes paper entitled “Our Winters’ Rights: Challenging Colonial Water Laws”

November 22, 2019

…Curley, A. (2019) “Our Winters’ Rights”: Challenging Colonial Water Laws. Global Environmental Politics, 19, 57-76….

Dr. Curley will give a talk at Miami University

October 20, 2017

…Andrew Curley is the first speaker at Miami University’s Geographies of Indigenous Peoples lecture series. The talk of his talk is “T’aa hwo aji’t’eego: sovereignty, livelihood, and challenging coal in the Navajo Nation.” http://miamioh.edu/events/?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D235142439…

Diversity Research at UNC-CH Geography and Environment

December 16, 2014

…iver, and Colonial Enclosures. Antipode https://doi.org/10.1111/anti.12535 Curley, A. (2019). T’áá hwó ají t’éego and the moral economy of Navajo coal workers. Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 109(1), 71-86. Curley, A. (2018). A failed green future: Navajo Green Jobs and energy “transition” in the Navajo Nation. Geoforum, 88, 57-65. Cravey, A. J., & M. Petit. (2018). Indigenous Moves: Collaborative Multimedia and Decolonial Aesth…

2018 Publications

May 10, 2019

…Feedback effect of crop raiding in payments for ecosystem services. Ambio. Curley, A. (2018) A failed green future: Navajo Green Jobs and energy “transition” in the Navajo Nation. Geoforum, 88, 57-65. Curley, A. (2018) T’áá hwó ají t’éego and the Moral Economy of Navajo Coal Workers. Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 1-16. Dannenberg, M. P., E. K. Wise, M. Janko, T. Hwang & W. K. Smith (2018) Atmospheric teleconnection influence o…

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