native american
Posted Apr 6, 2021, 10:58 am
Travis Robertson
/Cronkite News
A March report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention praised only two states for their efforts in getting vaccines to vulnerable communities. One of them was Arizona. But while the federal report shows strong outreach at the broader county level, ZIP code data from the state health department reveals disparities with the vaccination rates in several neighborhoods where residents are predominantly people of color and more impoverished.... Read more»
Posted Mar 25, 2021, 11:39 am
Sarah Oven
/Cronkite News
Arizona tribal officials told a Senate committee that the federal government can help address a crisis with water infrastructure on their lands through more funding, and less meddling. It’s not just lack of money that’s holding tribes back, but federal laws that hamstring their ability to make decisions for themselves.... Read more»
Posted Mar 16, 2021, 2:56 pm
Jane Norman
/Arizona Mirror
U.S. Rep. Debra Haaland made history on Monday when she became the first Native American to ever be confirmed by the U.S. Senate to hold a position in a president's Cabinet.
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Posted Mar 5, 2021, 11:12 am
Jeremy Duda
/Arizona Mirror
Tribal opposition could sink a bill to allow wagering on old horse races, which comes as Gov. Doug Ducey is hoping to push through a new gaming compact and legislation to legalize sports betting in Arizona. Under the state’s gaming compact, tribes are limited in operation in exchange for the state limiting gambling outside of reservations to things like the lottery and pari-mutuel horse racing that predate the compact and were grandfathered in.... Read more»
Posted Feb 26, 2021, 11:50 pm
Ariana Figueroa
/Arizona Mirror
In a bitter and at times high-decibel round of questioning at her confirmation hearing on Wednesday, Interior nominee Rep. Deb Haaland again fielded questions from Senate Republicans from oil and gas-producing states about the Biden administration’s energy policies. If confirmed by the Senate, Haaland, a member of the Laguna Pueblo, would run the $21 billion agency that oversees more than 450 million acres of public land. ... Read more»
Posted Feb 26, 2021, 11:34 am
Joseph Perez
/Cronkite News
The Biden administration ordered a 60-day pause on new oil and gas leases on federal lands and waters after environmental activists sent a letter urging the administration to issue a permanent ban rather than a temporary one. The decision has drawn praise and criticism from both sides, but is just the beginning of potential federal action. The administration has promised to protect 30% of public lands and waters by 2030.... Read more»
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Posted Feb 24, 2021, 1:09 pm
Sarah Oven
/Cronkite News
While Senate Republicans used the Interior confirmation hearing for Rep. Debra Haaland to air their grievances about the Biden administration’s energy policies, supporters at the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing focused mostly on the historic nature of the nomination. ... Read more»
Posted Feb 16, 2021, 11:36 am
Ryan Knappenberger
/Cronkite News
U.S. District Judge Steven Logan rejected a request by the group Apache Stronghold for a preliminary injunction against the proposed Resolution Copper Mine on Oak Flat, saying the group did not have standing to challenge the project and questioning the merits and likelihood of success of the claim.... Read more»
Posted Apr 17, 2020, 4:06 pm
Nicholas Iovino
/Courthouse News Service
Climate change is pushing the western United States and northern Mexico toward an extreme long-term drought that could be worse than any in recorded history, scientists revealed in a new study published in the journal Science Thursday. ... Read more»
Posted Mar 28, 2020, 12:47 pm
Luis Zambrano & Grace Lieberman
Native Americans are seeking more help from the federal government to fight COVID-19, even as the Navajo Nation and other tribes take steps to combat the disease themselves – including raising money to help vulnerable citizens and issuing shelter-in-place orders. ... Read more»
Posted Mar 19, 2020, 1:43 pm
Alex Brown
/Stateline
As tribes across the country take steps to fight the spread of the coronavirus, they’re doing so mindful that the virus has proven especially dangerous to the elderly, a venerated group in many Native communities.... Read more»
Posted Jul 9, 2014, 8:58 pm
Julianne DeFilippis
/Cronkite News Service
Tribal and state lawmakers urged a Senate panel to pass a water-rights deal between the Hualapai and Freeport Minerals Corp., saying time is fast running out. The deal for tribal water rights in the Bill Williams River watershed is backed by the state's congressional delegation. ... Read more»
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Posted Oct 25, 2011, 12:36 pm
Buckmaster Show
We start things off with State Senator Paula Aboud and her upcoming flat-tax forums. Plus, former Corp. Commission chair Kris Mayes, and the co-authors of a book on Navajo artist Quincey Tahoma.... Read more»
Posted Oct 24, 2010, 1:30 pm
Colton Shone
/Cronkite Borderlands Initiative
For more than 80 years of his life, William Yazzie didn't know what it was like to flick a switch in his own home and have light flood the room. The lines finally reached him in 2008. Still, more than 18,000 households on the reservation are waiting for electricity.... Read more»
Posted Jul 14, 2010, 9:43 pm
Roberto De Vido
/politicomix
There are two sides to every issue. Or are there three?... Read more»