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Uranium sickened Navajo who worked in the mines and contaminated the mountains where they hunted, grazed livestock and gathered plants for medicines and ceremonies.

Coverage of tribal natural resources is supported in part by Catena Foundation Rodeo is a world-renowned sport and way of life on the Navajo Nation. The Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association, or PRCA, will soon return to Window Rock at the end of May instead of the Fourth of July weekend.

As spiking uranium prices drive a surge of proposals for new mines, the Navajo Nation joined the Ute Mountain Ute, Havasupai, Northern Arapaho and Oglala Sioux tribes in a commission hearing with federal officials to push back against mining on and near their lands.

Many Native Americans who serve in the U.S. military face post-service challenges. Efforts are underway to better help veterans on the Navajo Nation.

A “Hail Mary” legal tactic by the pipeline company invokes a 1977 pipeline treaty between the U.S. and Canada. The Bad River Band says the treaty is superseded by 1854 tribal treaty rights.

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — They are storytellers, educators and entertainers, but above all, they are mothers.

From left to right, Elaina Saltclah, Los Alamos graduate student Bade Sayki and Arielle Platero, a member of the first cohort of Indigenous Women in Physics pilot program and now in graduate school. Photo Courtesy LANL LANL NEWS RELEASE Elaina Saltclah, from the Red Mesa, Arizona area, near the Four Corners, first introduces herself in…

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission announced a new policy requiring that any energy project seeking to build on tribal land must get the tribe’s approval before it will permit the project.

Chizh for Cheii is continuing to help Diné homes stay warm this winter.

Eve’s Fund for Native American Health Initiatives has announced that it has awarded $15,000 in scholarships to 15 Navajo students attending Navajo Preparatory School in Farmington for the current academic year.