FLAGSTAFF—The Navajo Nation wants to buy the Arizona Snowbowl ski resort to stop snowmaking on one of the tribe's most sacred mountains.

The Navajo Nation Council voted on Wednesday to consider legislation that would allow the tribe to negotiate with the partners who own the resort outside Flagstaff, Arizona.

The Navajo and several other tribes fought in court for several years to stop the Snowbowl's plan to use reclaimed wastewater to make snow. The U.S. Supreme Court turned down the tribes' final appeal in June, and the resort's owners plan to begin adding the snowmaking equipment next year.

The tribes consider the San Francisco Peaks where the Snowbowl is located to be sacred.

The Council could take a final vote on the legislation later this week.