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A flag flies by the dome of the U.S. Capitol.

Water bills for tribes in Arizona to head to President Biden

Dec 23, 2022 The U.S. House approved the legislation on Thursday, just a few days after the U.S. Senate did.

United States Capitol Building

US Senate advances water bills for tribes in Arizona

Dec 20, 2022 The bills now head to the U.S. House.

The Central Arizona Project moves water from the Colorado River to southern Arizona. July 2021

San Carlos Apache agree to lease water for Arizona community

Dec 12, 2022 Without the agreement the town would have no water.

This August 2022 photo provided by the National Park Service shows a double rainbow from the ranger station porch at Indian Garden, which is now called Havasupai Gardens, in Grand Canyon National Park. The Indian Garden name assigned to a popular Grand Canyon campground has been changed out of respect for a Native American tribe that was displaced by the national park. The Havasupai Tribe and Grand Canyon National Park announced Monday, Nov. 21, that Indian Garden will be renamed Havasupai Gardens.

Grand Canyon park changes campground name that haunted tribe

Nov 22, 2022 The Havasupai Tribe and Grand Canyon National Park announced that Indian Garden will be renamed Havasupai Gardens.

White Mountain Apache Chairwoman Gwendena Lee-Gatewood, left, and Colorado River Indian Tribes Chairwoman Amelia Flores testify in a March hearing where they urged members of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee to back water legislation critical to their tribes. The committee gave preliminary approval to the bills Wednesday.

After long fight, tribal water bills get primary OK; still far from final

Nov 19, 2022 Tribal leaders welcomed the votes, which they called the culmination of hard-fought struggles by their tribes.

Protests against the Resolution Copper mine near Oak Flat have been going for years, as shown in this 2015 file photo from a rally at the Capitol.

Tribe continues fight against proposed Arizona copper mine

Nov 17, 2022 The Arizona Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that the state Department of Environmental Quality illegally issued a Clean Water Act permit for the proposed Resolution Copper Mine.

Wayne Wilson, a traditional Navajo healer at the Native American Baha’i Institute in Houck, Arizona, uses arrowheads, eagle feathers, herbs, song and ceremony to restore the mental and physical well-being of himself and others. Photo taken Sept. 1, 2022.

Healing through culture

Nov 13, 2022 Increasing access to Native American practices to treat mental health

Members of the Supreme Court sit for a new group portrait following the addition of Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, at the Supreme Court building in Washington, Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. Bottom row, from left, Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Justice Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts, Justice Samuel Alito, and Justice Elena Kagan. Top row, from left, Justice Amy Coney Barrett, Justice Neil Gorsuch, Justice Brett Kavanaugh, and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.

High court to hear water dispute between Navajo, government

Nov 4, 2022 The high court said Friday it would review a lower court ruling in favor of the Navajo Nation, which spans parts of Arizona, Utah and New Mexico.

Navajo Code Talker Memorial at Window Rock, Arizona.

Navajo presidential hopefuls represent change or continuity

Oct 31, 2022 Incumbent President Jonathan Nez and challenger Buu Nygren emerged as the top two vote-getters among 15 candidates in the tribe’s primary election in August.

Girl Scouts sell cookies with digital technology.

Girl Scouts of Southern Arizona receive $30k grant from Tohono O’odham Nation

Oct 11, 2022 The money will be used to expand Girl Scout programs into low income and Native American communities.

Garnett Querta fills his water truck from a fire hydrant on the Hualapai reservation Monday, Aug. 15, 2022, in Peach Springs, Ariz. The water pulled from the ground here will be piped dozens of miles across the rugged landscape to serve the roughly 600,000 tourists a year who visit the Grand Canyon on the Hualapai reservation in northwestern Arizona — an operation that's the tribe's main source of revenue.

State of unease: Colorado basin tribes without water rights

Sep 16, 2022 Hualapai tribal land in northwestern Arizona borders 100 miles of the Colorado River, but the tribe can't draw from it.

The Hopi Reservation in northeastern Arizona covers 2,532 square miles and is surrounded by the vast Navajo Nation Reservation. Distance from Veterans Affairs services and lack of transportation plague many Native American veterans.

Dept. of Interior finishes removal of Native American racial slur

Sep 14, 2022 Nearly 650 locations were renamed across the United States including dozens in Arizona,

US to award $35M in grants to tribes for 988 crisis line

Sep 10, 2022 Arizona has more than 20 federally recognized tribes.

File image of a health care worker adjusting an IV bag.

Arizona sees its first Tribal Area Health Education Center

Sep 9, 2022 The center will work to bolster health care education and training to American Indian communities.

Border Patrol agents patrol along a line of shipping containers stacked near the border Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022, near Yuma, Ariz.

Tribe: Arizona built border barrier against its wishes

Sep 2, 2022 The Cocophah Indian Tribe has a number of concerns.

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 sees success in COVID-19 vaccination for children

Sep 1, 2022 More than half of the children are vaccinated.

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