Hualapai Tribe

The Hualapai Tribe urged a federal judge Tuesday to extend a temporary ban on exploratory drilling for a lithium project near lands they have used for religious and cultural ceremonies for centuries.

Leaders of the Hualapai Tribe will testify Tuesday in federal court. A judge issued a temporary restraining order last month on a lithium project near culturally important sites.

A federal judge has temporarily blocked exploratory drilling for a lithium project in Arizona that leaders of the Hualapai Tribe say will harm land they have used for religious and cultural ceremonies for centuries.

Grand Canyon National Park celebrated the premiere of a new film that will educate visitors about the 11 Indigenous tribes who consider the canyon sacred.

The U.S. Department of Transportation has announced more than a million dollars in road safety funding for two tribal nations in northern Arizona. The funds will be used to develop action plans for designated communities on the Hualapai and Navajo Nations to identify safety improvements, prevent future roadway fatalities and injuries as well as educate community members on safety principles.

The Hualapai Tribe held a celebration on Wednesday in honor of the completion of a new solar array, and a recent water rights victory. KNAU’s Melissa Sevigny reports, the celebration took place on the Hualapai reservation at Grand Canyon West, home of the famous Skywalk.

The new $2.7 million solar-powered microgrid will provide about 50% of the electricity for Grand Canyon West, which is home to the Grand Canyon Skywalk and other attractions.

Grand Canyon West and its Skywalk attraction and helicopter tours is back open a day after one person was killed and at least eight others hospitalized following a tour bus rollover.

One person was killed in a tour bus rollover involving over 50 people Tuesday near the Grand Canyon West Skywalk, authorities said.

A rundown old gas station on a stretch of desert highway in Peach Springs, Arizona has made a national list of endangered historic places. Osterman’s gas station was built in 1929 and was once a community hub for the Hualapai people, as well as a place for tourists traveling Route 66. Now the building is nearly in ruins.