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Gov. Katie Hobbs and others say fake health care providers have defrauded the state out of hundreds of millions of dollars while allegedly targeting Indigenous communities.
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Line crews with the Salt River Project have brought electricity to another 10 isolated homes on the Navajo Nation through the Light Up Navajo (LUN) project.
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Tens of thousands of people are gathering in New Mexico for what is considered the largest powwow in North America.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have awarded a multi-million dollar grant to the Arizona Advisory Council on Indian Health Care to expand the workforce of tribally-employed community health staff.
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A bill recently re-introduced in the U.S. House would give a small northern Arizona tribe its own reservation for the first time. The San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe is the only Arizona tribe without its own dedicated homeland.
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A nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving the cultural significance of horses in Native American communities has received a grant to offer classes in the care of horses’ hooves.
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A spectacular chocolate-brown waterfall on the Navajo Nation has become a social media star. Grand Falls, just east of Flagstaff, has been inundated with tourists and influencers as Arizona’s rivers and streams surge with rain and spring snowmelt. Grand Falls’ cascade of muddy water makes for great photo ops and selfies. But local Diné residents say it’s not meant to be a tourist destination. It’s a sacred site. And that’s why a community coalition closed it to visitors this spring. KNAU’s Melissa Sevigny reports on an effort to bring healing to a place that has been overused and under-respected by visitors.
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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.
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A bipartisan bill in Congress aims to bolster tribal law enforcement and combat the epidemic of missing and murdered Indigenous people. The BADGES Act makes resources available, assists with officer recruitment and retention and increases tribal access to a national missing persons database.
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Native American leaders testified Friday before a House committee in support of creating a special $50 million trust fund to help finance educational programs within New Mexico's tribal communities.