native americans
Posted May 15, 2022, 4:06 pm
Carly Graf
/Kaiser Health News
The 2020 census missed nearly 1 of every 17 Native Americans who live on reservations, an undercount that could lead to insufficient federal funding for essential health, nutrition, and social programs in remote communities with high poverty rates.... Read more»
Posted May 13, 2022, 5:50 am
Ariana Figueroa
/Arizona Mirror
Native American survivors of Indian boarding schools detailed to a House subcommittee the need for Congress to establish a commission dedicated to unveiling the traumas Indigenous children experienced because of the forcible removal policy.... Read more»
Posted May 12, 2022, 2:27 pm
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
In a win for environmental groups and three Native American tribes,, a federal appeals court has upheld a ruling that halted the long-controversial Rosemont open-pit copper mine in the Santa Rita Mountains about 30 miles southeast of Tucson.... Read more»
Posted May 12, 2022, 12:35 am
Shondiin Silversmith
/Arizona Mirror
For the first time in history, the Department of Interior investigated the federal Indian boarding school system across the United States, identifying more than 400 schools and over 50 burial sites - with Arizona home to 47 of those schools.... Read more»
Posted May 6, 2022, 7:12 am
Michael McDaniel
/Courthouse News Service
On Thursday, Indigenous men and women across Arizona gathered in solidarity for the Missing & Murdered Indigenous Peoples rally to march in a plea to receive more support to fight against violence on their sovereign lands.... Read more»
Posted May 2, 2022, 10:30 am
Victoria Prieskop
/Courthouse News
After two years of virtual events, the Gathering of Nations - the world’s largest pow wow - returned in Albuquerque as people from 560 Native American tribes and more than 200 Indigenous tribes from Canada attended to celebrate traditional culture.... Read more»
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Posted Apr 29, 2022, 9:44 am
Mikaela DeLeon
/Gaylord News
Attorneys for the state of Oklahoma and Supreme Court justices sparred Wednesday over claims that “thousands of crimes” have gone unprosecuted in the two years since the court removed state jurisdiction over many crimes in a large part the state.... Read more»
Posted Apr 27, 2022, 1:47 pm
Jacob Fischler
/Arizona Mirror
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland will ask a U.S. House spending panel to increase funding for the department's tribal programs and climate resilience efforts, according to written testimony released ahead of a hearing scheduled for Thursday.... Read more»
Posted Apr 20, 2022, 1:43 pm
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
Rosemont Copper's move to expand its operations in the Santa Rita Mountains south of Tucson faces a new challenge after the Tohono O'odham Nation, Pascua Yaqui Tribe and Hopi Tribe asked a federal court to block the company from grading the slopes and dumping fill material in dry washes. ... Read more»
Posted Apr 20, 2022, 6:17 am
Shondiin Silversmith
/Arizona Mirror
Tribal nations across the country have the opportunity to receive funding as part of the $46 million Bureau of Indian Affairs Tribal Climate Resilience Program to address the unique impacts climate change has within their communities.... Read more»
Posted Apr 19, 2022, 1:22 pm
Gloria Gomez
/Don Bolles Fellow, University of Arizona
The future of classroom COVID-19 mitigation measures now lies in Gov. Doug Ducey’s hands: A bill the state Senate approved Monday would force schools to seek parental consent if they want to keep their students masked up. ... Read more»
Posted Apr 18, 2022, 6:54 am
Ariana Figueroa
/Arizona Mirror
Hundreds of books across dozens of states are being banned - and a majority of the bans feature books written by authors who are people of color, LGBTQ+, Black and Indigenous, and feature characters from marginalized groups.... Read more»
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Posted Apr 14, 2022, 1:49 pm
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
Led by Center for Biological Diversity, environmental groups filed a notice of intent—a prelude to a federal lawsuit—against Rosemont Copper, arguing the company violated federal law.... Read more»
Posted Apr 13, 2022, 7:18 am
Shondiin Silversmith
/Arizona Mirror
Language barriers, cultural disrespect, outright hostility, extreme physical distances to polling places, lack of accessibility and persistent poverty are just some of the obstacles Native Americans face when it comes to exercising their right to vote.... Read more»
Posted Apr 9, 2022, 8:06 am
Monica Peone
/Rawhide Press
Under federal and tribal policies, benefits such as housing subsidies and food assistance are cut even for people earning poverty wages - but several programs are now operating or are being developed to address some of the underlying issues.... Read more»
Posted Apr 8, 2022, 9:55 am
Shondiin Silversmith
/Arizona Mirror
Indigenous people living on tribal land were the group most likely to be undercounted in the 2020 Census, a significant impact because the data is used in determining federal, state, and local resource allocation, funding distributions, and policy decisions.... Read more»