The Justice Department is sending 60 FBI agents to assist with investigations on tribal lands across the U.S., including in Arizona.
This is the third deployment of resources under Operation Not Forgotten. And, according to the DOJ, it’s the largest yet.
Over the next six months, the agents will rotate through field offices in 10 states to work alongside tribal law enforcement and the Bureau of Indian Affairs. They’ll assist with unsolved violent crimes, including those involving missing and murdered Indigenous people.
Specifically, officials say there are more than 4,300 open investigations that the additional agents will use the latest forensic tools to help advance. And so far, previous operations have resulted in arrests and the recovery of 10 children.
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Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren made his third annual state address in Shiprock on Tuesday, outlining his administration’s accomplishments amid ongoing efforts to remove him from office before his term expires this year. -
Environmental groups are sounding the alarm on various issues going into this year’s legislative session, and holding out hope for one area of potential bipartisanship. -
Tribes are still figuring out how to start and finish renewable energy projects amid the Trump administration freezing or eliminating federal dollars from the Biden-era Inflation Reduction Act, which directed more than $720 million to Indian Country. -
As currently written, the proposed EPA rule would narrow the 1972 landmark law’s enforcement with estimates suggesting that 80% of the nation’s wetlands could be at risk. -
During this week’s annual conference of water users in Las Vegas, a pair of Arizona tribes inked a new proclamation in hopes of setting an example for how other Basin states could operate when it comes to conserving the Colorado River.
