Arizona History

Pretty much all of us learn about American history in school. But Richard Parker, author and journalist who wrote about the Southwest, argues we’re not learning about a big part of it.

Following the U.S. Department of Defense’s recent directive to scrub so-called DEI from its military websites, the Pentagon has now restored – within the last week – all of its content referencing Native Americans and their contributions.

To talk about all things Phoenix, The Show sat down with Craig Outhier, editor in chief of Phoenix Magazine, and Amber Victoria Singer, local musician and producer on The Show.

"Beyond Fronteras" includes an exhibition at the Santa Cruz County courthouse in Nogales, as well as an online component that focuses on areas like the region’s people, history and ecosystem.

Her death in the opening days of the Iraq War in 2003 shook her home state of Arizona and led to the renaming of a freeway and mountain peak. More than two decades later, the 23-year-old Army specialist, a Hopi from Tuba City, was swept up in a recent executive order striking DEI references from the U.S. Department of Defense.

Ira Hayes is arguably Arizona’s most iconic World War II hero, as one of six Marines who famously raised the American flag at Iwo Jima.

An important chapter in Tempe’s architectural and artistic history may be coming to an end. There are potentially big changes coming to Danelle Plaza.

In the fallout, some of the Hayes descendants are stepping up. These relatives were reminded why they keep on sharing his story — even eight decades later — from where he grew up on the Gila River Indian Community.

For more than 35 years, "The Wallace and Ladmo Show" brought laughs to Valley TV screens for decades — and regularly handed out the coveted Ladmo Bag. As of Wednesday, the city of Phoenix is honoring its origins with a new ceremonial sign for Wallace and Ladmo Way.

From Ira Hayes to Lori Piestewa, Arizona’s Indigenous war heroes were literally erased from the annals of military history last month as part of the Trump administration’s attack on DEI — diversity, equity and inclusion — within the U.S. Department of Defense.