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The radio station in the Pascua Yaqui Tribe's reservation, which formerly housed the tribe's early voting site.

Pascua Yaqui Tribe to receive early voting site till 2024

The tribe and Pima County Recorder's Office announced a settlement to the 2020 lawsuit seeking to reinstate an early voting site in the reservation.
Arizona National Guard service members at a COVID-19 drive-thru testing site in the Tohono O'odham Nation in Sells, Arizona, July 6, 2020.

Tohono O'odham Nation in high level of COVID -19 transmission

Tohono O'odham Nation Health Care recently reported almost 50% of the tribe's eligible residents were fully vaccinated.
The Indian Health Service named Dr. Loretta Christensen the agency's new chief medical officer in July 2021. Previously, she was the chief medical officer of the Navajo IHS Service Area from 2017-2021.

Navajo doctor named Indian Health Service's chief medical officer

For the last several years, Dr. Loretta Christensen been one of IHS' leaders in the Navajo Nation.
Member of the Navajo Nation retrieving clean, drinking water at the local well during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Newly introduced bill aims to increase access to clean water in tribal lands

If passed, the bill could provide billions across a variety of federal programs to improve water infrastructure and operation.
This transmission electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2—also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19—isolated from a patient in the U.S.

Arizona reports 1,441 more COVID-19 cases, no new deaths

8th day in a row of more than 1,000 cases
Tall grass grows in a field in the White Mountains of Arizona.

White Mountain Apache Tribe to reinstate 10 p.m. curfew

After 12 new cases in 24 hours, the tribe will move to Phase 3 restrictions. It also canceled its upcoming fair and rodeo.
Sign in the Pascua Yaqui Tribe's lands urging tribal members to wear a mask during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Pascua Yaqui Tribe to launch vaccination incentive program

The tribe is offering $100 to members living in Arizona who are fully-vaccinated.
Tohono O’odham Community College hosted a listening session July 15, 2021, with U.S. Secretary of the Education Dr. Miguel Cardona.

U.S. Education Secretary visits Tohono O'odham Community College

Secretary Cardona pitched President Biden's 'Build Back Better' agenda and listened to the needs of the community.
Tall grass grows in a field in the White Mountains of Arizona.

White Mountain Apache Tribe announces first Delta variant cases

The small tribe has been hit hard throughout the pandemic with over 4,000 cases since April 2020.
Flags from Arizona's 22 federally recognized tribes displayed at the University of Arizona bookstore in November 2020.

UA issues statement acknowledging Indigenous lands

The university said it hopes to use the statement to guide education, partnerships, and community service.
U.S. Supreme Court building, Washington, D.C.

Supreme Court upholds Arizona voting restrictions

The court ruled 6-3 against a Democratic challenge to the restrictions
U.S. Supreme Court building, Washington, D.C.

Supreme Court has decided Alaska Native Corporations qualify for CARES Act funding

If the court had sided with federally-recognized tribes, some tribal nations, possibly in Arizona, may have received more funds.
Mural on the side of building in Shiprock, New Mexico, in the Nation Nation March 22, 2020.

COVID-19 Delta variant identified in the Navajo Nation

The first confirmed appreance of the variant comes as the nation nears 31,000 cases.
Scorched saguaros and desert landscape from the Telegraph Fire that started June 4, 2021 and spread across areas of Pinal and Gila counties. June 2021.

Fire restrictions, State trust land and Navajo Nation

To reduced fire danger, access to state trust land closes and the Navajo Nation implements Stage 2 fire restrictions.
Former Havasupai Chairman Rex Tilousi died Saturday, June 19 in Flagstaff.

Former Havasupai chairman dies at 73

Rex Tilousi was an advocate against uranium mining within the Grand Canyon, home of the tribe.
Secretary of the U.S. Department Interior Deb Haaland. She represented New Mexico in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2019-2021.

Haaland announces investigation into Indigenous boarding schools

She said 'at no time in history' has such a probe reflected the true impact of the policy among Indigenous families.

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