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Navajo rug, jewelry show returns to Scottsdale

1/3/2024
The Holland Community Center, 34250 N. 60th St., will host the Adopt-a-Native-Elder Program’s second annual Scottsdale Navajo Rug & Jewelry Show Feb. 16-18. Featuring more than 200 …

Navajo Wash neighbors have no legal right to sue …

12/29/2023
Neighbors of the Navajo Wash have no legal right to sue Tucson for allowing homeless to camp in the area, an attorney for the city is arguing.

Phoenix Indian Center Ball sets fundraising, …

10/26/2023
Phoenix Indian Center’s 40th Annual Silver & Turquoise Ball turned out to be a record-breaking night for fundraising and attendance.

Heard Museum announces first Indigenous board chair in …

10/6/2023
The Heard Museum appointed John Coggins as the new chair of its board of trustees.

Senators urged to step up after Supreme Court ruling …

10/1/2023
Crystalyne Curley told a Senate panel Wednesday that the Navajo Nation Council is 100 years old this year – and that the tribe’s fight for water access has been going on for at least that long.

Navajo Arts & Crafts Enterprise named Phoenix Indian …

8/29/2023
Phoenix Indian Center announced that the 40th Annual Silver & Turquoise Ball will be presented by Navajo Arts & Crafts Enterprise, one of the oldest enterprises of the Navajo Nation.

Navajo president presses Congress for more time, …

7/13/2023
Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren asked senators Wednesday for more funding, and time, for a pipeline project that would create a reliable water supply for 250,000 people across Arizona and New Mexico.

Navajo Nation loses water case at U.S. Supreme Court

6/22/2023
PHOENIX — The U.S. Supreme Court has sided with the state of Arizona in its bid to keep the federal government from actions that could help the Navajo Nation get a larger share of Colorado River water.

Tribal leaders, lawmakers want new 1.1 million acre …

4/13/2023
Tribal leaders joined state lawmakers Tuesday to call on President Joe Biden to set aside more than 1.1 million acres around the Grand Canyon as a new national monument.

Native American students in Arizona invited to apply …

3/31/2023
Native American students in Arizona have greater access to higher education thanks to the Freeport-McMoRan Native American and Navajo Code Talkers College Scholarships.

FBI investigates rehab scams targeting Indigenous …

3/22/2023
PHOENIX – The FBI is investigating scams by fake rehab groups that target the Indigenous community, offering substance-abuse recovery or mental-health services at pop-up facilities to rake in government money, FBI officials say.

Justices grapple over Navajo water rights, …

3/21/2023
WASHINGTON – Supreme Court justices pressed government attorneys Monday on their argument that the treaties that put the Navajo on reservation lands implied an intent – but not a duty – for the government to provide water to the tribe.