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Fort Lewis College to hold 54th Hozhoni Days

powwow continues through Saturday

April 12, 2018

Local News

Why marriage equality is a matter of tribal sovereignty

tribal nations are returning to traditional views that accept and honor LGBTQ members

April 3, 2018

Company that leases farm land on Navajo agrees to fine

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says Navajo Mesa Farms agreed to pay about $6,000 to settle four violations from 2013…

March 20, 2018

Local News

Navajo president says he’ll OK emergency Head Start funding

Begayedu1-i-syn Tribal lawmakers passed a bill last month to divert $6.3 million from the tribe’s rainy day fund to the…

March 3, 2018

Navajo artist to open mixed media exhibit at The Farm Bistro

Yazzie to unveil maps of Navajo spirit worlds

February 24, 2018

Local News

Hisatsinom plans lecture on role of obsidian

The Hisatsinom Chapter of the Colorado Archaeology Society will present Dr. Sean Dolan on Wednesday, March 7, at 7 p.m.…

February 22, 2018

Local News

Program boosts college readiness for Native American students in Southwest Colorado

Out-reach effort looks to replenish donations going forward

February 13, 2018

Local News

Talk about town: Miss Hozhoni Pageant name changes

Natalia Sells is the reigning Miss Hozhoni. She will be the last person to have that exact title because the…

February 9, 2018

Local News

Dolores couple publishes Southwestern folk-art crime thriller

‘Weeping Friar’ explores power of religious myth in New Mexico

January 23, 2018

Local News

Groups record voting rights abuses against Native Americans

Barriers continue to exist

January 15, 2018

Local News

Police identify decapitated body found in Albuquerque

Authorities say 39-year-old Andra Willis of Tohajiilee, a Navajo community west of the city, also had other massive injuries that…

December 31, 2017

Business

Critics of oil, gas leasing near Chaco sense déjà vu

Industry encouraged by Trump administration’s desire to develop resources

December 9, 2017

Tribal coalition, environmentalists filing suits over monuments

file lawsuits, claiming presidential overreach

December 5, 2017

Hopi last of Arizona tribes to sign gambling agreement

faces loss of coal mine revenues

December 3, 2017

Documents: Bears Ears divided into two smaller monuments

Critics worry revamped plans would hurt cultural sites

November 30, 2017

How Trump’s Pocahontas remark can be offensive

‘Pocahontas’ became a slur when it was used pejoratively, group says

November 30, 2017

Trump’s ‘Pocahontas’ jab stuns families of Navajo war vets

‘He needs to grow up and quit saying things like that’

November 28, 2017

Traditional Navajo weaver to demonstrate in Mancos

Kilgore American Indian Art will host two days of weaving

November 27, 2017

Local News

Rocky Mountain National Park may broaden exhibits about tribes

The Ute Trail in Rocky Mountain National Park. The kiosk explains that the trail was used by Arapaho and Ute…

November 20, 2017

When care falls short, tribes improvise

A growing number of tribes manage their own clinics and behavioral programs

October 31, 2017

Local News

Tribal leaders call land-use bill step in right direction

Nezdu1-i-syn The American Indian Empowerment Act would let tribes shift federally controlled trust land to “restricted fee land,” a move…

October 30, 2017

Local News

Native American activist Dennis Banks dies at age 80

Doug Dreyer/Associated Press file<br><br>Dennis Banks, one of the founders of the American Indian Movement (AIM), speaks to the crowd gathered…

October 30, 2017

Local News

Cortez named one of the ‘most beautiful places’

Canyons of the Ancients National Monument among highlights

October 18, 2017

Local News

New Mexico to accept tribal documents for REAL ID

The Daily Times of Farmington reports New Mexico Motor Vehicle Division said last week it will accept a Certificate of…

October 17, 2017