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April 17, 2021 at 8:59 am

High court takes up case on virus relief funding for tribes

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a case that will determine who is eligible to receive more than...

March 25, 2021 at 9:13 pm

Loved ones struggle with why New Mexico friends were killed VIEW

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Jennifer Lannon loved her children, though she lost custody of them because of her struggle with prescription drug use. Just about...

March 13, 2021 at 8:30 am

In a pandemic, Navajo community steps up for its vulnerable VIEW

TEESTO, Ariz. (AP) — For as long as Raymond Clark has lived alone on this quiet stretch of the Navajo Nation under the watch of...

March 10, 2021 at 8:53 am

Western states chart diverging paths as water shortages loom VIEW

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — As persistent drought and climate change threaten the Colorado River, several states that rely on the water acknowledge they likely...

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February 26, 2021 at 2:09 pm

Tribes in legal limbo over federal virus relief funding

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Nearly a year after Congress passed a coronavirus relief bill, some Native American tribes remain in legal limbo over what's been...

FILE – In this Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021, file photo, Rep. Deb Haaland, D-N.M., listens during the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing on her nomination to be Interior secretary, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Some Republican senators labeled Haaland “radical” over her calls to reduce dependence on fossil fuels and address climate change, and said that could hurt rural America and major oil and gas-producing states. The label of Haaland as a “radical” by Republican lawmakers is getting pushback from Native Americans. (Jim Watson/Pool Photo via AP, File) LA407 LA407

February 25, 2021 at 9:49 pm

Native American nominee’s grilling raises questions on bias VIEW

When a Wyoming senator shouted over U.S. Rep. Deb Haaland at her confirmation hearing this week, many supporters were incensed, and people in Indian Country...

February 22, 2021 at 9:04 pm

Indian Country gripped by Haaland hearing for top US post VIEW

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — For Native Americans, Deb Haaland is more than an elected official on track to become the first Indigenous secretary of the...

February 12, 2021 at 3:08 pm

Court rules against Apaches in bid to halt proposed mine

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A federal judge has rejected a request from a group of Apaches to keep the U.S. Forest Service from transferring a...

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February 2, 2021 at 9:13 pm

Apaches’ fight over Arizona copper mine goes before US court VIEW

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Apache tribal members made emotional pleas Wednesday in federal court to try to prevent what could become the largest copper mine...

January 22, 2021 at 4:23 pm

Bus heading to Grand Canyon rolls over; 1 dead, 2 critical

PHOENIX (AP) — A Las Vegas-based tour bus heading to the Grand Canyon rolled over in northwestern Arizona on Friday, killing one person and critically...