Stories tagged: "Indigenous Community"


FILE - Jayden Long starts the generator behind his Kaibeto home on the Navajo Reservation in Arizona, May 8, 2019, so that he can charge his cell phone inside the family home. The U.S. Interior Department on Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023, unveiled a new program to bring electricity to more homes in Native American communities as the Biden administration looks to funnel more money toward climate and renewable energy projects. (AP Photo/Jake Bacon, File)
US Launches Program to Provide Electricity to More Native American Homes

The US Interior Department on Tuesday unveiled a new program to bring electricity to more homes in Native American communities as the Biden administration looks to funnel more money toward climate and renewable energy projects.

Gila River Indian Community Governor Stephen Roe Lewis greets Vice President Kamala Harris at the Gila River Indian Community, Thursday, July 6, 2023, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)
Kamala Harris Discusses Commitment to Native Communities During Arizona Visit

Harris committed the Biden Administration to addressing disparities resulting from centuries of broken treaties, harmful assimilation policies, displacement, dispossession, and violence.

The San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe is the only ederally recognized tribe in Arizona without its own treaty lands. Tribal President Johnny Lehi Jr. said a proposal to grant lands the tribe would "make us stronger in our self-governance." (Photo by Lillie BoudreauxCronkite News)
Landless San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe Could Finally Get its Own Homeland

The San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe shares land with the Navajo Nation, and for the past 23 years it has had a treaty pending that would give them their own lands.

Recipients of college scholarships from Education Forward Arizona and Freeport-McMoRan pose for a photo. (Photo courtesy of Duality Public Relations)
How Native American Students Can Get College Scholarships in Arizona

This scholarship provides the opportunity for Indigenous students in Arizona to receive funding for their education and connect with mentors along the way. 

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Gov. Katie Hobbs Establishes Missing and Murdered Indigenous People Task Force

Murder is the third-leading cause of death among American Indian and Alaska Native women, with Tucson having the highest number of cases of missing and murdered women and girls.

States With The Biggest Native American Populations
Arizona Has the Third-Highest Native American Population of US States

There are 22 federally recognized Native American tribes in Arizona, three of which extend across state lines.

Havasupai ceremonial practitioner Uqualla, left, and tribal member Kris Siyuja, hold a blessing ceremony below the rim at Grand Canyon National Park on Friday, May 5, 2023. The Havasupai Tribe and the park marked the renaming of a popular campground from Indian Garden to Havasupai Gardens. (AP Photo/Ty O'Neil)
Havasupai Tribe in Arizona Marks a Spiritual Homecoming: ‘We Are Still the Grand Canyon’

Today about 500 of the nearly 770 tribal members live in Supai Village on the reservation adjacent to the Grand Canyon, so remote it can be reached only by foot, mule or helicopter.