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Coconino County Jail adding sweat lodge for Native American inmates
Kelvin Long, a Navajo who will serve as cultural adviser for a Native American religious program at the Coconino County Jail, inspects a circular rebar frame that will be covered with blankets to form a sweat lodge.
Hopi lawmakers vote on water rights legislation
Hopi lawmakers have voted to oppose legislation in Congress to settle the tribe's water claims in the Little Colorado River basin.
Hopi chairman says same district with Navajos OK
The chairman of the Hopi Tribe says it makes sense to place its reservation in the same congressional and legislative districts as the larger Navajo Reservation that surrounds it.
Navajo Nation erases $22M budget deficit
The Navajo Nation has erased what once was a more than $22 million budget deficit.
American Indian heads Coconino County supervisors
A Navajo woman from Tuba City has become the first American Indian to head the Coconino County Board of Supervisors.
Fraud allegations may hurt Navajo bonding ability
Navajo Nation officials hit with a civil lawsuit alleging they used tribal money as personal slush funds and mismanaged outside funding are concerned that the complaint could impact their ability to access the capital market for a long list of unfinished projects.
Fort Defiance
Fort Defiance, established in 1851, was the first military post established in what would become the Arizona Territory, and its post office, established in 1856, provided the future territory’s first postal service.
Arizona officials gather to honor Hopi Code Talkers
The Hopi Code Talkers are being honored in a ceremony Monday.
Navajo breaks ground on first Arizona casino
The Navajo Nation broke ground Monday on a $150 million casino project along Interstate 40 east of Flagstaff.
Navajos pass law limiting police access to land
Navajo lawmakers have passed legislation prohibiting non-tribal officers from searching or arresting American Indian suspects on the reservation absent a cross-commission agreement.
Land taken into trust for Navajo Nation
The Bureau of Indian Affairs' Navajo Area director, Omar Bradley, has signed the final documents taking 405 acres of land into trust for the Navajo Nation.
Redistricting likely to renew Navajo, Hopi divide
The Hopi reservation sticks out like a sore thumb on the state's congressional map. Instead of being in the same district as the larger Navajo Nation, which surrounds it, the Hopi land is connected by the Colorado River to residents in the far western side of the state.
