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SELLS, Ariz. — State Highway 86 stretches west from Tucson, Arizona, past saguaros and desert peaks into Tohono O’odham Nation, the second largest reservation in the state. It is a road that tribal members say no Senate candidate in recent memory has ventured down. But on a sweltering afternoon, Rep. Ruben Gallego, a progressive Democrat from Phoenix, spent several hours with Tohono O’odham leaders and community members, fielding questions in a series of small round table me...

To honor Indigenous Peoples’ Day, the Native American Studies Department at the University of Oklahoma invited three Native Hawaiians, or Kānaka Maoli, to share what the holiday means to them.

Ruben Gallego, a Democratic congressman vying for one of the most competitive Senate seats in the country, is pitching himself to Native American voters.

To honor Indigenous Peoples’ Day, the Native American Studies Department at the University of Oklahoma invited three Native Hawaiians, or Kānaka Maoli, to share what the holiday means to them.

To honor Indigenous Peoples’ Day, the Native American Studies Department at the University of Oklahoma invited three Native Hawaiians, or Kānaka Maoli, to share what the holiday means to them.

Live performance with Laura Ortman accompanied by gabby fluke-mogul. Followed by a Q&A with Ortman moderated by Martin Bisi.

Live performance with Laura Ortman accompanied by gabby fluke-mogul. Followed by artists Q&A moderated by Martin Bisi.

Now comes the hardest part: Healing and reconciliation.

Day one of three had a good day September 22, with sixty-seven teams competing in the year end finals of Indian relay horse racing.

The weekend of Sept. 16, over 100 pitchers showed up to the Tachi Tribes Santa Rosa Rancheria in California for a horseshoe tournament, and the White Mountain Apache Tribe made