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Research finds higher risks for Hispanic and Indigenous patients in Arizona with kidney cancer

May 7, 2021 According to the research, a higher risk of mortality and advanced-staged kidney cancer in these racial groups are more common.
The Bureau of Indian Affairs U.S Indian Police Academy May 6, 2021, virtually honored eight tribal officers who died in the line of duty. One was officer Officer Bryan Brown of the Tohono O'odham Nation Police Department.

Tribal police academy honors Tohono O'odham officer, Bryan Brown

May 6, 2021 The virtual ceremony remember eight tribal officers who died in the line of duty.
Red dresses representing missing and murdered Indigenous women, displayed at the Verna N. Enos Toka Field on the Tohono O'odham Nation, 2018.

Navajo Nation remembers missing or murdered loved ones May 5

May 6, 2021 The Missing and Murdered Dine Relatives group hosted a Zoom meeting for loved ones impacted by the MMIWG crisis to share their stories.
Members of Indivisible Tohono and Tohono O'odham Nation district leaders discuss the impacts of the pandemic in a Facebook Live video May 4, 2021.

Tohono O'odham district leaders discuss impacts of COVID-19

May 5, 2021 As of mid-April, Tohono O'odham Nation Health Care reported 1,758 COVID-19 cases and 76 deaths.
A scene from the Oak Flat campground, a site sacred to Apache peoples and the epicenter of lawsuits trying to block the development of a large copper mine.

Save Oak Flat Act has passed out of U.S. House committee

May 3, 2021 The act has passed through the committee along party lines and will next go to the House floor.
Navajo Nation family getting clean, drinking water at the local well during the COVID-19 pandemic.

New report looks into water insecurity in tribal lands across Colorado River Basin

Apr 30, 2021 A new report shows when it comes to clean water, its race that best predicts the haves and have nots.
Arizona National Guard service members at a COVID-19 drive-thru testing site in the Tohono O'odham Nation in Sells, Arizona, July 6, 2020.

Tohono O'odham Nation removes curfew, and amends other guidelines

Apr 21, 2021 The nation is now allowing funeral and wake services to occur after dark.
Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez said the "Stay home, stay safe" message from the tribal government guarantees that businesses in the nation have the "the safest environment" compared to those outside its tribal lands during the pandemic.

Navajo Nation reports almost half of its adult residents fully vaccinated

Apr 16, 2021 The nation says 91,278 people are fully vaccinated and Thursday was it's fifth day with no new deaths.
A group of Tohono O'odham, Hia C-ed O'odham, Pascua Yaqui and their non-Indigenous allies gathered, Sunday, March 8, 2020, beside the pond fed by Quitobaquito Springs to discuss how building the border wall and pumping local groundwater to make cement is harming the area cherished by the local Indigenous peoples.

Tribal nations: changes coming with the American Rescue Plan and a new federal administration

Apr 16, 2021 Secretary Deb Haaland discusses national building possibilities funded by the 'largest single investment in Indian Country.'
The exterior of Tucson's Casino Del Sol.

State and tribes sign new gaming compact

Apr 15, 2021 More casinos and games will be allowed as part of the new deals.
During a Facebook Live video Feb. 20, 2021, Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez greeted patients who had just received a COVID-19 vaccine dose at Tsaile Indian Health Center.

Navajo Nation reports no COVID-19 deaths for 4th day in row

Apr 15, 2021 Tribal officials had ordered a lockdown last weekend over fears that a new variant could drive another deadly surge
Oak Flat, east of Superior, Arizona. A company proposes to build one of the world's largest underground copper mines at this location.

House subcommittee discusses bill trying to save Oak Flat

Apr 13, 2021 During the hearing, lawmakers and witnesses made their cases for or against the bill, discussing religious, environmental and economic issues.
A scene from the Oak Flat campground, a site sacred to Apache peoples and the epicenter of lawsuits trying to block the development of a large copper mine.

Arizonans attend board meeting of international company proposing copper mine at Oak Flat

Apr 12, 2021 Leaders in the effort to oppose the mining project ask shareholders to abandon the project and leave Arizona.
Cocopah Indian Tribe Vice-Chairwoman Rosa J. Long getting her second Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine dose in January 2020.

COVID-19 vaccine clinic for Native Americans in downtown Tucson

Apr 8, 2021 If registered for the event, members of federally recognized tribes can get a shot at the Tucson Indian Center Saturday.
Mural on the side of building in Shiprock, New Mexico, in the Nation Nation March 22, 2020.

Navajo Nation records case of California COVID-19 variant

Apr 6, 2021 The news comes a week after the tribe identified another variant first found in the United Kingdom.
Red dresses representing missing and murdered Indigenous women, displayed at the Verna N. Enos Toka Field on the Tohono O'odham Nation, 2018.

New missing and murdered unit for American Indians and Alaska Natives

Apr 5, 2021 The new enterprise would facilitate interagency investigations on current and cold cases.

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