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Trump Administration Proposes Defunding Tribal College Scholarship Program

Mar 28, 2019 The program survived last year's proposed cuts, but it's on the table again this year.
The Navajo Generating Station can be seen beyond Lake Powell near Page, Arizona, April 2018.

Navajo Nation Company Ends Bid to Buy Power Plant, Mine

Mar 22, 2019 Negotiations with the Navajo Generating Station owners came to a halt over who would be responsible for cleanup.
The drug fentanyl is 100 times more potent than morphine, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration.

Tohono O'odham Police Seize 43K Fentanyl Doses

Mar 22, 2019 Tribal police led a task force that resulted in three arrests and the seizure of pills valued at over $700,000.
Bears Ears is considered sacred by many tribes and communities in the Southwest.

Utah Lawmakers Introduce Legislation to Shrink Monuments

Mar 13, 2019 The move is in response to Obama's use of the Antiquities Act to set aside 1.35 million acres for Bear's Ears National Monument.

Indian Child Welfare Act Case Heads to Appeals Court

Mar 12, 2019 Tribes, states and the agency overseeing Indian affairs are urging that the law be upheld.
Red dresses representing missing and murdered Indigenous women, displayed at the Verna N. Enos Toka Field on the Tohono O'odham Nation, 2018.

Arizona House Moves Forward on Bill for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women

Mar 8, 2019 The state House gave preliminary approval to a bill that would investigate cases of missing and murdered indigenous women in Arizona.
Navajo Nation Police Officer Donald Seimy says the tribe needs more officers.

Tribal Leaders: Law Enforcement Understaffed, Underfunded

Mar 8, 2019 Navajo, Hopi and San Carlos Apache leaders have asked a House subcommittee for more funding.
Mayra Estrella, project leader, measures a tree during the habitat conservation study in El Desemboque

Sonoran Desert Inspires 'Next Generation' Researchers To 'Shake Things Up'

Mar 7, 2019 NGen, created around nine years ago, brings together multi-disciplinary researchers who share a passion for the region.
The proposed site for the Rosemont Mine.

Army Corps to Approve $2B Rosemont Copper Mine Project

Mar 5, 2019 Native American tribes oppose the project over concerns it would damage ancestral homelands.
This Environmental Protection Agency photo shows the Animas River with pollution from the Gold King Mine. The 2015 spill in Colorado impacted the Navajo Nation.

Government Watchdog: EPA Lacks Superfund Data for Tribal Sites

Feb 26, 2019 Sites in the Southwest include abandoned uranium mines and unlined landfills.
A view of the northern end of Lake Powell, near Hite, Utah.

Arizona Lawmaker Accused of Endangering Colorado River Drought Plan

Feb 15, 2019 A Gila River Indian Community leader says proposed legislation threatens the tribe's water rights.
The barrier running along the U.S.-Mexico border cuts across the Tohono O'odham Nation.

Tribes Discuss Visa to Allow Unimpeded Border Crossing

Jan 29, 2019 The proposal also includes meetings with Homeland Security, sensitivity training and translators.
People at the Tucson's Women's March as it passes by the Screening Room in downtown Tucson, Jan. 21, 2017.

Players of Traditional O'odham Women's Sport to Lead Women's March

Jan 18, 2019 The teams will lead an intertribal group at the front of the march.
U. S. Rep. Raul Grijalva has made repeated calls to halt border wall construction during the pandemic.

Native Americans Tell Committee Government Shutdown is Closing Medical Clinics

Jan 15, 2019 Testimony in a committee chaired by Arizona Rep. Grijalva pointed to medical assistance for the elderly and needy.
Navajo Code Talker Alfred K. Newman, 2018.

Navajo Code Talker Alfred K. Newman dies at 94 in New Mexico

Jan 15, 2019 Newman was one of hundreds of Navajos who used their language to create a code to help win World War II.
Navajo Nation President Russell Begaye, in a photo from a Feb. 5, 2017 Navajo Nation press release.

Shutdown Means Shut In for Some Navajo

Jan 8, 2019 Unmaintained dirt roads can hamper residents' efforts to haul water and wood or get medical treatment.

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