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A Native American tribe is closer to acquiring more land in Arizona after decades of delay

Federal officials have joined with the state of Arizona to begin fulfilling a settlement agreement that was reached with the Hopi Tribe nearly three decades ago, marking what tribal officials described as a historic day. A long time coming Friday’s filing was born out of the 1996 passage of the Navajo-Hopi Land Dispute Settlement Act, which ratified an agreement between …

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1 week, 1 day ago

Soft medium, hard truths - National Endowment for the Arts recognizes a Navajo quilter

NPR

Soft medium, hard truths - National Endowment for the Arts recognizes a Navajo quilter A Navajo woman who has spent 50 years sewing has now been honored with an NEA award for her unique quilts. ADAM BURKE, BYLINE: Before they became tools of artistic liberation, needle and thread were sources of pain and suffering for Susan Hudson and her family, …

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1 week, 2 days ago

The Jazz Quartet’s journey from Navajo and Alaska to Nagaland

The Hindu

The Native Jazz Quartet, featuring Delbert Dale Anderson, Edward William Littlefield II, Michael Bartholomew Glynn and Reuel Vallester Lubag. Delbert Anderson, a Diné jazz trumpet artist, and Edward Littlefield, a percussionist of Lingít heritage, brought their rich cultural backgrounds to the festival. “I bring my culture to the Native Jazz Quartet through our social Diné Spinning Songs. The Native Jazz …

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1 week, 5 days ago

Quannah ChasingHorse: The Indigenous American supermodel on bringing change

BBC

Quannah ChasingHorse: The Indigenous American supermodel on bringing change Serenity Strull/ BBC/ Getty Images "People are surprised at what I've said yes to": The model, activist and emerging actor talks about her childhood, her culture – and making a difference. She had seen some of Ralph Lauren's past Getty Images Quannah Chasinghorse modelling for Ralph Lauren at New York Fashion …

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2 weeks ago

Soft medium, hard truths - National Endowment for the Arts recognizes a Navajo quilter

NPR

Soft medium, hard truths - National Endowment for the Arts recognizes a Navajo quilter toggle caption National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution. "We all know what happened to these kids who went to the boarding schools," Hudson said. "Every one of us Natives, we're descendants from boarding school survivors," said Hudson. The Heard Museum in Phoenix, Arizona, has …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Republican US Rep. Eli Crane wins second term in vast Arizona congressional district

Associated Press

PHOENIX — Republican U.S. Rep. Eli Crane won reelection in a Republican-leaning congressional district covering vast swaths of rural Arizona. Crane faced a spirited challenge from Democrat Jonathan Nez, the former Navajo Nation president, in the 2nd District race. The 6th Congressional District race pits Republican Rep. Juan Ciscomani against Democrat Kirsten Engel, whom he narrowly beat two years ago. …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

AP PHOTOS: Emptiness sculpts everything from daily life to politics on Arizona's Navajo Nation

The Independent

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Navajo Nation Takes a Step Towards Electrification with Powerline Installation

Associated Press

After a five-year wait, several Navajo families on the vast reservation will soon have access to electricity thanks to a push from the Navajo Tribal Utility Authority. The project, called Light Up Navajo, has successfully connected 170 homes to the grid, with the remaining 10,400 homes expected to be connected within 26 years with federal funding. The project highlights the …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

On Navajo Nation, a push to electrify more homes on the vast reservation

The Independent

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2 months ago

In Rural Arizona, A Bid — And A Block — To Get Indigenous Voters To The Polls

Huff Post

FORT DEFIANCE, Ariz. — At an elementary school way out in rural northeastern Arizona, on a sunny Saturday afternoon, the Incredible Hulk was signing autographs. “What I realized — because in 2020 and 2022, we were doing similar events — is, what difference are we going to make if we get people to the polls and they’re not registered to …

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2 months ago

How does abortion translate? Ballot measures are a challenge for interpreters

The Independent

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2 months, 1 week ago

Native voters could swing Arizona. Both parties want their votes

NPR

Native voters could swing Arizona. Both parties want their votes toggle caption Ash Ponders for NPR PHOENIX — Both parties are ramping up their efforts to court Native American voters in the final stretch to Election Day. Sponsor Message “I do feel like the Natives kind of brought it over last time to the Democrat side,” said Ina Noggle, who …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Native Americans in Arizona could swing the election. Activists are pushing them to vote

LA Times

On a recent sweltering Saturday in Phoenix, about 40 Native American leaders and community organizers gathered in an art gallery, where a backdrop had been decorated with posters proclaiming “Native Americans for Harris-Walz.” Mark Kelly, Arizona’s Democratic senator, quickly assessed the audience. “If there’s anything I know about our Native young people is our deep, deep reverence for our elders, …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

‘By Natives, for Natives’: This new L.A. hub is drawing in the young, artsy and Indigenous

LA Times

On a sweltering July afternoon in Echo Park, Miranda Due approached a table topped with a trio of flavored syrups and a spread of toppings: diced pickles, Kool-aid powder and gummy bears. A group photo from the opening of the Chapter House’s most recent art exhibition, “Diary of a Native Femme,” including artist Kimberly Robertson, center, and Chapter House founder …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Navajo Nation imposes stricter tribal law on transporting uranium across its land

The Independent

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Navajo Nation: As it gets hotter, 13,000 families in this pocket of America live without electricity

CNN

Tohatchi, New Mexico CNN — Katherine Benally sat between two open windows in her small home and looked out over a sun-baked field in the Chuska Mountain foothills of the vast Navajo Nation. “The weather,” she said, “it wasn’t that hot.” But that’s all changed: The Navajo Nation last year declared an extreme heat emergency as temperatures hit well above …

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5 months, 4 weeks ago

Arizona Republicans call on GOP candidate to withdraw for misrepresenting military service

Raw Story

A Republican candidate should "immediately withdraw" from the Arizona House of Representatives LD-7 race for "misrepresenting his military service," according to the local county's GOP. The Navajo County Republican Committee over the weekend called for Steve Slaton, candidate and the owner of a "Trumped" store, to remove himself from the race, saying he "provided an altered DD-214 claiming combat veteran …

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6 months ago

Opinion: Native Americans face huge healthcare disparities. Here’s a way to help close the gaps

LA Times

One of my patients who lives in Diné Bikéyah, the vast Navajo reservation in New Mexico, sleeps in an old Ford pickup truck that often doesn’t start. The U.S. government budgeted $4,104 per patient enrolled in the Indian Health Service in 2018, compared with $8,093 per Medicaid enrollee, $13,257 per Medicare enrollee and $9,574 per VA patient. Now, as a …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

100 years ago, US citizenship for Native Americans came without voting rights in swing states

Associated Press

SANTA FE, N.M. — Voter participation advocate Theresa Pasqual traverses Acoma Pueblo with a stack of sample ballots in her car and applications for absentee ballots, handing them out at every opportunity ahead of New Mexico’s Tuesday primary. New Mexico is trying something new — a test run of sorts for many new and contested provisions that are part of …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Indigenous nations approve historic water rights agreement with Arizona. It now goes to Congress

LA Times

Irene Yazzie can’t think of anyone who lives within 10 miles of her farm in the Navajo Nation who has drinking water flowing into their homes, hers included. In 2020, the Trump administration backed a deal between the Navajo Nation and Utah that settled all water rights claims in state and authorized about $220 million in federal funding to help …

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6 months, 4 weeks ago

Tribes say their future is at stake as they push for Congress to consider Colorado River settlement

Associated Press

Within the heart of the Navajo Nation and in the shadow of the sandstone arch that is the namesake of the tribal capital, a simple greeting and big smiles were shared over and over again Friday as tribal officials gathered: “Yá‘át’ééh abíní!” It was a good morning, indeed, for Navajo President Buu Nygren as he signed legislation in Window Rock, …

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7 months ago

Native American tribes give unanimous approval to proposal securing Colorado River water

Associated Press

The Navajo Nation Council has signed off on a proposed settlement that would ensure water rights for its tribe and two others in the drought-stricken Southwest — a deal that could become the most expensive enacted by Congress. Congress has enacted nearly three dozen tribal water rights settlements across the U.S. over the last four decades and federal negotiation teams …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Proposed settlement is first step in securing Colorado River water for 3 Native American tribes

Associated Press

LEUPP, Ariz. — A proposed water rights settlement for three Native American tribes that carries a price tag larger than any such agreement enacted by Congress has taken a major step forward with its introduction to the Navajo Nation Council. Nearly a third of homes in the Navajo Nation — spanning 27,000 square miles of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

Texas eclipse: The clouds didn’t ruin the experience.

Slate

The previous total solar eclipse in Austin, where I live, was almost 627 years ago, and the city’s crowds reflected that energy. Weather reports were grim, and the Texas Eclipse Festival canceled its events and asked attendees to leave early due to the chance of “high winds, tornadic activity, large hail and thunderstorms.” Chani Nicholas—New York Times bestselling author, astrologer, …

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A Native American tribe is closer to acquiring more land in Arizona after decades of delay

Soft medium, hard truths - National Endowment for the Arts recognizes a Navajo quilter

The Jazz Quartet’s journey from Navajo and Alaska to Nagaland

Quannah ChasingHorse: The Indigenous American supermodel on bringing change

Soft medium, hard truths - National Endowment for the Arts recognizes a Navajo quilter

Republican US Rep. Eli Crane wins second term in vast Arizona congressional district

AP PHOTOS: Emptiness sculpts everything from daily life to politics on Arizona's Navajo Nation

Navajo Nation Takes a Step Towards Electrification with Powerline Installation

On Navajo Nation, a push to electrify more homes on the vast reservation

In Rural Arizona, A Bid — And A Block — To Get Indigenous Voters To The Polls

How does abortion translate? Ballot measures are a challenge for interpreters

Native voters could swing Arizona. Both parties want their votes

Native Americans in Arizona could swing the election. Activists are pushing them to vote

‘By Natives, for Natives’: This new L.A. hub is drawing in the young, artsy and Indigenous

Navajo Nation imposes stricter tribal law on transporting uranium across its land

Navajo Nation: As it gets hotter, 13,000 families in this pocket of America live without electricity

Arizona Republicans call on GOP candidate to withdraw for misrepresenting military service

Opinion: Native Americans face huge healthcare disparities. Here’s a way to help close the gaps

100 years ago, US citizenship for Native Americans came without voting rights in swing states

Indigenous nations approve historic water rights agreement with Arizona. It now goes to Congress

Tribes say their future is at stake as they push for Congress to consider Colorado River settlement

Native American tribes give unanimous approval to proposal securing Colorado River water

Proposed settlement is first step in securing Colorado River water for 3 Native American tribes

Texas eclipse: The clouds didn’t ruin the experience.