Citing a lack of jurisdiction, a tribal court in Window Rock threw out an ethics complaint against Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren back in December. But earlier this week, another one was filed on Monday.

In a three-way race, Chairman Kasey Velasquez earned a little over 400 votes, while his challengers both received nearly four times as much, according to unofficial results from the White Mountain Apache Tribe Election Commission.

Last year, 305 residents applied for delayed birth certificates. Nearly two-thirds of 9,949-square-mile county encompasses tribal lands belonging to Navajos, Hopis and White Mountain Apaches.

Late last year, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid repealed parts of the Biden Administration’s nursing home staffing requirements. Now, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes joined a coalition of other AGs in filing a letter challenging the decision.

The Trump administration is eliminating four out of the six locations that had been slated for a practice test to try out new methods for the 2030 census.

Established in 1924 by President Calvin Coolidge, Chiricahua National Monument is known by many as the “Wonderland of Rocks” — home to its iconic rhyolite pinnacles, which are made from volcanic ash and lava eroding over time.

It's the first time tribal IDs have been widely used as proof of U.S. citizenship and protection against federal law enforcement, said David Wilkins, an expert on Native politics and governance at the University of Richmond.

Ella Mae Begay’s case helped bring national attention to the high rate of violence faced by Native people, providing fuel for tribal leaders and victim advocates as they continued pushing for law enforcement resources and more cooperation for investigation across jurisdictional lines.

The Institute of the American Indian Arts — or IAIA — is synonymous with the Southwest. Housed in Santa Fe, it’s where some of Indian Country’s most creative minds have gone to hone their craft in New Mexico. More than 4,000 students have graduated from there since 1962.

No arrests have been made, nor suspects named in connection with the 14-year-old girl’s unsolved murder. A makeshift shrine at the corner of Mesa Drive and McKellips Road where Emily was last seen had been abruptly taken down a few weeks ago. This site swiftly became the latest rallying cry for justice.

John Warren Boone was hired as a remedial reading teacher in 1979 at the Polacca Day School, which was run by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Nearly a decade later, the FBI found photo albums and videotapes of 142 nude boys at his home, and Boone was sentenced to life in prison.

Dahozy helped secure federal funding for Diné language radio programs that focused on nutrition and home economics.