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Community Connections: Indigenous artwork on display at Heard Museum

Environment

Biden plan would overhaul 151-year-old mining law, make companies pay royalties for copper and gold

Tribes and environmental groups welcomed the report but urged President Joe Biden to go further to protect communities, sacred places and water resources.
Arts

World's largest Navajo rug goes on display

After 40 years hidden in storage, the world's largest Navajo rug has gone on display in Winslow. Museum Director Lori Law shares its history.
State

Tohono O'odham Nation builds its own network for high speed internet

The Tohono O'odham Nation built its own cellular tower with the intention of providing wireless network to every household.
Native America

Tohono O'odham Nation rolling out high-speed internet to homes across reservation

The Tohono O'odham Nation built its own cellular tower with the intention of providing wireless network to every household.
Native America

Widespread fraud, scams targeting Native Americans bring tribal members to Phoenix

Hundreds of Native Americans have been recruited to addiction treatment centers in Phoenix from states as far away as Montana in a widespread billing scheme.
Crime

Arizona driver was drunk, speeding at 135 mph, and had no valid license. Now he's going to prison for second-degree murder

Derwin Tsosie, 26, was driving drunk at a speed of 135 mph before he caused a fatal crash on the Navajo Nation last November, prosecutors say.
Native America

US launches program to provide electricity to more Native American homes

In 2022, the U.S. Energy Department's Office of Indian Energy issued a report citing that nearly 17,000 tribal homes were without electricity.
Native America

Museum to honor Navajo Code Talkers is about $40 million shy of reality

A museum in New Mexico to honor the Navajo Code Talkers is about $40 million shy of becoming a reality, according to organizers.
Native America

Navajo Code Talkers honored for service during WWII

More than 400 Code Talkers served with the Marines. Today, only 3 remain alive.
Native America

'We believe we are doing the right thing': Suspended Arizona group homes speak out against fraud allegations

About 20 providers admit mistakes were made, but not to the level of fraud.
Politics

There are 3,000 known cultural and historic sites at Biden's new Grand Canyon national monument

The Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni Grand Canyon National Monument aims to protect swaths of land from mining and development while also expanding tribal rights.