Tag: Navajo Nation
PHOENIX (AP) — Autumn Nelson said she was seeking help for alcohol addiction last spring when fellow members of the Blackfeet Nation in Montana suggested a rehabilitation center in Phoenix,...
Blackfeet tribe of Montana declares emergency over Medicaid scam that lured members to Arizona
BROWNING, Mont. (AP) — A widespread Medicaid scam that left an unknown number of Native Americans homeless in metro Phoenix is being declared a public health state of emergency by...
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Doctor who led Covid response for Navajo Nation in Arizona to become Maine CDC director
Oil and gas withdrawal stirs debate over economic costs for Native American tribe
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Some Republican members of Congress on Thursday denounced the Biden administration’s recent move to withdraw hundreds of square miles of federal land in New Mexico from...
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Navajo president presses Congress for more time, money, for water project
Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren asked senators Wednesday for more funding, and time, for a pipeline project that would create a reliable water supply for 250,000 people across Arizona and...
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At Lake Powell, record low water levels revealed an ‘amazing silver lining’
If you want to see the Colorado River change in real time, head to Lake Powell. At the nation’s second-largest reservoir, water levels recently dipped to the lowest they’ve been...
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Arizona gets $1 billion for broadband, part of $43 billion federal program
Arizona will get just under $1 billion in federal funding for high-speed internet access improvement, part of more than $42.45 billion released Monday by the Commerce Department. Arizona’s $993.1 million...
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Supreme Court rules against Navajo Nation in Colorado River water rights case
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled against the Navajo Nation on Thursday in a dispute involving water from the drought-stricken Colorado River. States that draw water from the river...
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Supreme Court preserves law that aims to keep Native American children with tribal families
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday preserved the system that gives preference to Native American families in foster care and adoption proceedings of Native children, rejecting a broad...
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Hundreds of tribal members, mostly Navajo, living on Phoenix streets amid fake sober home crackdown
PHOENIX (AP) — Navajo law enforcement teams made contact with several hundred Native Americans from various tribes who are living on the streets in the metro Phoenix area, after the...
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Landless San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe could finally get its own homeland
Grant program provides transportation solutions for students in rural areas
The Holbrook Unified School District knows the challenges of getting students to school in rural Arizona. Holbrook is located 90 miles east of Flagstaff along Interstate...
