Shipments of uranium ore can resume under agreement reached with the Navajo Nation
The agreement announced on Jan. 29 settles a dispute over trucking ore from a mining operation just south of the Grand Canyon ...
How a Navajo Nation bull rider became one of the best in the world — and brought his culture to the masses
Back in July 1997, when Del Whitehorse was pregnant with Keyshawn, she and her husband, Norbert, had tickets to see bull ...
New Mexico Navajo man sentenced to prison in child exploitation case
A Navajo New Mexico man was sentenced to federal prison for sexually exploiting a minor through text messages and social ...
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Navajo Nation says members ‘mis-profiled’ in midst of ICE raids
An official with the Navajo Nation says it appears once again Native Americans are being victimized in cases of mistaken ...
Zuni woman sentenced to prison for deadly kidnapping in New Mexico
A Zuni woman was sentenced to federal prison for her involvement in a 2019 kidnapping that resulted in the victim’s death, ...
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U.S. fentanyl deaths are declining. But not on this New Mexico reservation
ALAMO, N.M. (Reuters) – – Twenty-eight-year old Ambrose Begay died after a fentanyl overdose under a tree 125 yards from his home on the Alamo Navajo reservation in southern New Mexico two years ago.
Energy Fuels could begin shipping uranium ore across Navajo Nation as early as Wednesday
An agreement between Energy Fuels and the Navajo Nation includes limits on days and times uranium ore can be transported.
Navajo people push for reauthorization of Radiation Exposure Compensation Act
The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act provides a program that compensates individuals who become ill because of exposure to radiation from the United States’ development and testing of nuclear weapo ...
Traditional healing is close to becoming a covered Medicaid benefit in Arizona
Arizona's Medicaid program is called the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, or AHCCCS (pronounced "access"). It is ...
Millions of Native people were enslaved in the Americas. Their story waits to be told.
The enslavement of millions of Indigenous people in the Americas is a neglected chapter in U.S. history. Two projects aim to ...