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The Arizona attorney general’s office has launched a new effort to combat human trafficking and missing and murdered Indigenous people. The first-of-its-kind program will focus on creating awareness in tribal communities throughout the state.
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The U.S. Senate has advanced three bills that would improve some Arizona tribes' access to water amid an unrelenting drought.
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The Biden administration has announced a new fund to assist tribal communities that’ve been severely impacted by climate change.
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President Joe Biden is pledging to give Native Americans a stronger voice in federal affairs.
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The Indian Health Service says all tribal members covered by the federal agency will be offered a vaccine at every appointment, when appropriate.
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Northern Arizona University will cover the tuition for all members of Arizona’s 22 federally recognized tribes starting in fall 2023.
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The Biden administration's approval of oil leases in a corner of New Mexico that has become a battleground over increased development and the preservation of Native American sites has prompted another legal challenge.
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The U.S. Department of the Interior wants to revise how it repatriates tribal cultural objects and human remains. Thousands of items taken from tribal and federal lands have been housed in museums for decades.
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The U.S. Interior Department says it’s strengthening ties with tribes in managing some federal lands. It recently ordered its agencies to deepen collaborations with Indigenous nations in sacred and culturally important areas.
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Wildlife managers at Grand Canyon National Park have relocated nearly 60 bison from the North Rim to tribal lands elsewhere in the U.S.