Navajo

US Officials to Put Off Oil Leases Near Sacred Tribal Land

By • May 29, 2019
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U.S. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt has agreed to put off oil and gas leasing for a year on land that Native Americans consider sacred surrounding Chaco Culture National Historical Park in northwestern New Mexico.

Court Rejects Navajo Nation's Lawsuit Over Police Shooting

By • May 17, 2019

A federal court has dismissed the Navajo Nation's lawsuit against the U.S. government and Winslow, Arizona over the police shooting of a tribal member.

‘Not Your Playground’: Indigenous Voices on Grand Canyon’s Centennial

By • Feb 26, 2019
Dustin Wero

One hundred years ago today, Americans celebrated protecting the Grand Canyon as a national park. But for Native Americans, the redrawn boundaries excluded them from ancient hunting grounds and ceremonial places. Many visitors today don’t know that history. KNAU’s Melissa Sevigny reports, an intertribal group wants to use the centennial to craft a new vision for the park’s next 100 years.  


Migrant Family Separations Evoke Memories of BIA Boarding School for Some Native Americans

By • Jul 10, 2018
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Today is the deadline for the Trump administration to reunite thousands of migrant children with their families after being detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The Justice Department says it’s unlikely that deadline will be met. 


Navajos Commemorate Anniversary of 1868 Treaty

By & Mary Hudetz • Jun 1, 2018
AP

A group of Navajo runners had reached a dusty New Mexico hilltop while retracing a 400-mile desert route that their ancestors had crossed a century and a half earlier.

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