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Disqualified Navajo candidate to remain on ballot
The name of a disqualified Navajo presidential candidate will remain on the ballot, and the election will proceed as planned Nov. 4.
Navajo Nation to hold tribal energy summit
The Navajo Nation is hugely dependent on coal for revenue. Tribal officials want to get their government talking about how to diversify the portfolio at an energy summit.
Advocates push for junk-food tax on Navajo Nation
Facing a high prevalence of diabetes, many American Indian tribes are returning to their roots with community and home gardens, cooking classes that incorporate traditional foods, and running programs to encourage healthy lifestyles. The latest effort on the Navajo Nation, the country's largest reservation, is to use the tax system to push people to ditch junk food.
Navajo blogger pairs humor, politics in articles
When reports surfaced that the National Security Agency had been monitoring the cellphones of world leaders, Arizona blogger Andrew Curley wrote that the Navajo Nation's president was furious his phone wasn't among those tapped.
Navajo Nation parks open during federal shutdown
Navajo Nation officials say the tribe's parks aren't affected by the federal government shutdown.
Senator Carlyle Begay’s goal: to give a stronger voice to tribes
The newest senator from northern Arizona brings a different perspective to the Senate, one that is in large part guided by an upbringing as a Navajo and the unique needs of the state’s rural areas.
An unlawful lawmaker?
Gilbert or Ganado — New senator faces challenge over residency
Mere hours after he was sworn into the Arizona Senate, Democrat Carlyle Begay faced a challenge to his seat on the grounds that he doesn’t live in the district he was appointed to represent.
US Government Accountability Office to issue report on Navajo uranium cleanup
The investigative arm of Congress is looking into how federal agencies carried out a plan to clean up uranium contamination on the Navajo Nation.
Navajo plant operators announce alternative plan to reduce emissions
The owners and operators of the Navajo Generating Station announced an alternative proposal to reduce emissions at the coal-powered plant they say will cost millions of dollars less than a plan mandated by the federal government.
DuVal touts endorsement of convicted Navajo chairman
A Navajo Nation chairman who served time in federal prison for fraud and racketeering was among more than a dozen endorsements by tribal leaders released by Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Fred DuVal.
Hopis sue over religious sites on Navajo land
When the Navajo and Hopi tribes agreed to end a decades-long land dispute in Arizona's Black Mesa region, they also said they wouldn't interfere with each other's religious practices.
Some ‘disappointed’ by Supreme Court’s ruling on Indian adoptions
Arizona experts said the Supreme Court’s recent ruling against a Native American father who was fighting to stop his daughter from being adopted may only have “muddied the waters” for future cases.
