indigenous history

Grand Canyon National Park and the Havasupai Tribe will host a ceremony Thursday, May 4th, 2023, to rename a landmark along the popular Bright Angel Trail. It’s the latest example of a larger effort to change public place names that are derogatory toward First Nations people.

The Colorado Plateau is rich with Indigenous history. For centuries, First Nations people have practiced traditional ways and ceremonies on the land. KNAU commentator Scott Thybony recently had the privilege of joining the Hopi to gather wild tobacco, an essential ceremonial plant. In his latest Canyon Commentary, Scott recounts the story for us, with permission from the Tribe.

Ownership rights to an anti-pollution ad showing a man in Native American attire shedding a single tear over a trash-laden landscape will be transferred to the National Congress of American Indians.

New Mexico's governor has voided four pre-statehood proclamations that targeted Native Americans.

In Scott Thybony's latest Canyon Commentary, he takes us on a journey to Mystic Spring, in search of the elusive water source.

The annual Navajo Bridge Star Party is this Friday and Saturday. This year’s talks will focus on identifying Navajo star constellations and historical Diné teachings about the stars.

In a new op-ed for the Washington Post, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland discusses the removal from federal lands of a racist, misogynist slur historically used toward Indigenous women.

Utah state and county officials have sued the Biden administration over the decision last year to restore two sprawling national monuments on lands sacred to Native Americans.

This year’s Navajo Nation Code Talkers Day will be celebrated with a ground-breaking ceremony to bless the future site of the Navajo Code Talkers Museum.

Their return comes as communities push for museums and other institutions to repatriate items that are of historic, cultural and sacred value to Indigenous people and tribes.