As long as the United States has negotiated treaties with Indigenous nations, it has broken those treaties. Learn about them here for Native American Heritage Month.
Work on the $10 billion SunZia project that will funnel renewable energy across the West has come to a halt in southwestern Arizona, with Native American tribes saying the federal government has ignored concerns about its effects.
Here are seven places across the state to visit to learn more about the history of Indigenous peoples in Arizona.
This month, the Greater Phoenix Chamber partnered with the Phoenix Indian Center to highlight the incredible impact Indigenous entrepreneurship can have on the Greater Phoenix region.
The Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture has commissioned new artwork for the skate park in central Phoenix’s Solano Park that mixes nostalgia for historical skate parks of the past with the needs of modern skateboarders.
In Sept. 2020, the median home sale price in Arizona was $324,800. As of Sept. 2023, that figure had risen to $434,700, a nearly 34% increase, according to Redfin. Renters are also paying more in the state. In Phoenix, the average cost of rent was $1,558 per month as of July 2023, a 22% increase from 2020, when that figure was only $1,283.
From mining settlements that have dropped in population over time to the Grand Canyon State’s largest city, here are nine of the oldest cities in Arizona and how they got started.
Here are Puerto Rican women whose dedication, hard work, and achievements have not only benefited their own communities, but all Latinas.
In the late ’90s, five women simultaneously held the highest positions in Arizona state government—a feat that had never been accomplished before and hasn’t happened again since.
From breaking glass ceilings to championing for the rights of marginalized communities, these Arizona women’s stories are worth sharing.
