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Tribal voters across Arizona have historically faced decades of discrimination at the ballot box, but they can try to navigate any obstacles by dialing 1-888-777-3831 on Election Day.
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The Republican Senate candidate for Arizona’s 17th Legislative District has been promoting policy positions on land and water that would undercut tribal sovereignty.
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The exchange that was decades in the making nearly tripled the size of the Reservation.
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Over the weekend, Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz honored the recent passing of a Navajo Code Talker, while railing against former President Donald Trump’s alleged praise of the very forces they were up against in World War II.
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President Biden formally apologized for the U.S. government’s role in running boarding schools for Indigenous children during his first official trip to the Gila River Indian Community on Friday.
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Democratic vice presidential candidate and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz will campaign Saturday in the capital of Window Rock on the Navajo Nation. He’ll be the first candidate on a presidential ticket to campaign there this cycle, and perhaps ever.
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According to the U.S. census, people who self identify as Native American has more than doubled in the last 20 years, but the number of people actually enrolled in tribes is much lower than it used to be.
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Friday will mark his first visit to Indian Country and close the chapter on his administration’s efforts to investigate hundreds of federal Indian boarding schools.
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The Native American Rights Fund recently filed an amicus brief backing the nonprofit Apache Stronghold in its petition that sits before the U.S. Supreme Court. But the justices haven’t determined whether they’ll hear the case that could ultimately decide the fate of the Resolution Copper mine project, east of Phoenix.
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Diabetes is especially prevalent among Native Americans. In Arizona, 27% of Indigenous adults have been diagnosed with diabetes, compared to 10% of the White population, according to 2021 data from the Center for the Future of Arizona.