INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

Five decades ago, a young Hopi underwent a grueling journey as part of a traditional initiation ceremony near the winter solstice. He recently recalled the experience to author Scott Thybony, and talked about how the test of his endurance and commitment to the Hopi way taught him humility.

President Joe Biden declared the Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument in Pennsylvania on Monday. It acknowledges the decades of trauma inflicted on tribal communities throughout the U.S. and in Arizona, which had the second-highest number of the schools in the nation.

In this month's Canyon Commentary, author Scott Thybony sets out to find a spring, which is also the location of Arizona's oldest known Spanish inscription along an ancient trail from Hopi to Zuni.

In the newest installment of his Canyon Commentary, author Scott Thybony recalls a visit to White Mountain Apache country where he heard a story about a boy and his dog and the mountain spirits.

N. Scott Momaday has died at age 89 after becoming a Pulitzer Prize-winning storyteller, poet, educator and folklorist.

Three new and upgraded health facilities recently opened in Arizona to provide Native Americans with better access to health care, and more are in the works.

An Arizona grand jury has indicted three people on 19 felony counts related to the ongoing wide investigation into fraudulent sober living homes that targeted Native Americans.

A rare annular solar eclipse will be visible Saturday in eight western U.S. states, along with parts of Central and South America. Some Indigenous cultures don't promote the starry-eyed spectacle or festive viewing parties.

The U.S. Department of the Interior has launched a project to document stories of Indigenous people who attended federal boarding schools.

Gov. Katie Hobbs held a first-of-its-kind summit Tuesday at Grand Canyon National Park with leaders from 11 tribes that are culturally and historically linked to the Grand Canyon.