Three Arizona students, including Marana Middle School's Karen Baaba Opoku-Appoh, are among the 229 young spellers from around the U.S. and a handful of foreign countries competing at the 2023 Scripps National Spelling Bee. Read more»

The Biden administration has put a pause on plans to erect a copper mine in Arizona on land known as Oak Flat, a site sacred to Indigenous nations in the area, and will further consult with the San Carlos Apache and other tribes that have voiced opposition to the project. Read more»

Arizona, California and Nevada have narrowly averted a regional water crisis by agreeing to reduce their use of Colorado River water over the next three years - but this deal only represents a temporary solution to a long-term crisis. Read more»

Los educadores de Arizona viajaron a Acrosanti para sembrar cientos de semillas de maíz utilizando técnicas Hopi y aprender a mantener cultivos indígenas, en un intento por mantener vivas las tradiciones de siembra y cosecha. Read more»

Educators from across Arizona traveled to Acrosanti last month to plant hundreds of seeds using Hopi techniques and learn how to sustain Indigenous crops in an attempt to keep planting and harvesting traditions alive, due to corn’s connection to culture and its health benefits. Read more»

Decisions made in Washington, D.C. over the next few days will have huge implications for how Indigenous communities and the country navigates climate change – and what kinds of jobs that are created. Read more»

The social dance music — a mix of polkas and waltzes with Mexican influences — developed by Southern Arizona's Tohono O'odham people will be featured at this year's Waila Celebration, set for Saturday. Read more»

Arizona’s original film tax credit was created in 2005 but shut down in 2010, after the state spent $6.3 million more in credits in 2008 than it generated in new taxes, but a new bill aims to ensure new film production tax credits benefit the state. Read more»

Over the past year, unmarked vans cruising the streets of tribal nations to pick up Indigenous people - individuals claiming to be legitimate healthcare providers but who were instead allegedly billing Arizona’s Medicaid system for rehabilitation services that were never provided. Read more»

The Not Invisible Act Commission held a public hearing at the Twin Arrows Casino near Flagstaff on May 9 to hear testimony and recommendations from victims and families impacted by human trafficking and the missing and murdered Indigenous peoples crisis. Read more»

A proposal by the Census Bureau could overhaul the way it questions race and ethnicity, in an attempt to “ensure that all people are able to identify themselves within one or more of the minimum categories," and "categories reflect meaningful and easy to understand distinctions.” Read more»

The executive task force for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples - established by Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs - held their inaugural meeting and will prepare and submit a report annually on or before Dec. 1 to Hobbs with recommendations for administrative or legislative action. Read more»

Over 60 years later, boarding school survivor Anita Yellowhair shares her story of 10 years at the Intermountain Indian School, one of thousands of children taken from their home to one of more than 400 boarding schools, where they would learn how to live the white man’s way. Read more»

The City of Tucson is the first city in the nation to launch its own Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls task force, which will work on ways to address the crisis within the city, greater Pima County and nearby tribal nations. Read more»

Following one of the wettest winters in recent history, Arizona officials anticipate a dry 2024 - as over the 23-year drought, the wettest years have always been followed by some of the driest - while federal water usage cuts loom. Read more»