Earl Tulley

Raised in Blue Gap, Arizona,[1] he has spent much of his career focusing on issues affecting the Navajo Nation, including environmental sustainability, housing, and public health.

Growing up, Tulley’s curiosity about the environment and health issues in his community deepened, particularly as mining companies began operations and later attempted remediation near areas like Blue Gap.

[7] Navajo advocates, such as members of Diné CARE, have sought answers to these environmental challenges, reading independently and consulting resources to understand the molecular impact of radiation and address the suffering in their community.

Tulley was a founding member of Diné CARE, an environmental organization that has worked to preserve Navajo lands from overexploitation, particularly fighting against commercial timber cutting in the Chuska Mountains and Defiance Plateau.

[9] Earl Tulley now serves as the Vice Chair of the Chinle Agency Commissioner for the Navajo Nation Water Rights Commission, representing fifteen Navajo Nation chapters, including Black Mesa (Kits’iili), Blue Gap-Tachee, Chinle, Forest Lake, Hardrock, Lukachukai, Many Farms, Nazlini, Pinon, Rough Rock/Tse Ch' Izhi, Round Rock, Tsaile-Wheatfields, Tselani-Cottonwood, and Whippoorwill.