Advocates urge Senate to help ‘heal this wound’ of native language loss
WASHINGTON - The government must help reverse generations of federally backed assimilation programs that left Native Americans "robbed of the ability to speak our own language," advocates told the Senate Indian Affairs Committee.
Court rejects Gila River tribe’s suit against VA over cost of vets’ care
PHOENIX - The Department of Veterans Affairs does not have to reimburse the Gila River Indian Community for health care it provided to tribal veterans, after a federal court ruled that the decision should be left to the VA secretary.
Tribally owned solar power plant beats skeptics, odds on Navajo Reservation
WASHINGTON - When the Kayenta Solar Project went online last year, the 27.3-megawatt plant became the largest tribally owned renewable power plant in the country, generating enough power for 18,000 homes on Navajo lands. But many thought the day might never come.
Tribal energy loan program starts, more than a decade after its OK
WASHINGTON - More than 10 years after it was first approved, a federal loan program for tribal energy development projects will finally accept its first applications next month under ther Department of Energy's $2 billion Tribal Energy Loan Guarantee Program.
Native American farmers plan moves to global market, greater sustainability
Native American communities are trying to grow their agriculture presence even larger to preserve their culture and traditions.
Beyond the reservation: NABI focuses on education as well as basketball
The NABI Foundation invites Native American basketball teams to compete in tournaments, while also offering lessons in the importance of healthy living and education.
Lori Piestewa, 11 others to be inducted into first Native American Hall of Fame in October
The first National Native American Hall of Fame will induct 12 honorees in October. Arizona’s Lori Piestewa is among those who will be celebrated.
After two years, Congress OKs bill to let Apache move on water project
WASHINGTON - The House gave final approval to a bill that would let the White Mountain Apache proceed on desperately needed improvements to their water system, ending two years of back-and-forth debate in Congress on what most said was a simple issue.
‘Everyone can see themselves in Barbie’: Iconic doll better reflects global diversity
PHOENIX – Mattel, like many companies adapting to a multicultural world, has been working to diversify the shape, races, ethnicities and occupation of Barbies.
Tribal leaders tell Senate voting barriers are persistent, systemic
WASHINGTON - Native Americans have been "systematically denied access to fair representation" as a result of persistent barriers to voting, advocates and tribal leaders told a Senate roundtable.
Grassroots group works to save wild horses on parched Navajo Reservation
Last month, more than one hundred horses were found dead, drowned in the thick mud surrounding a dried up watering hole on the Navajo Nation.
Navajo, others testify for bill to expand protections for ‘downwinders’
WASHINGTON - Navajo officials and residents urged a Senate committee Wednesday to expand coverage of a fund that compensates uranium miners and "downwinders" - people who lived downwind from Cold War nuclear tests.
