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Navajo Code Talker Memorial at Window Rock, Arizona.

Navajo presidential hopefuls represent change or continuity

Incumbent President Jonathan Nez and challenger Buu Nygren emerged as the top two vote-getters among 15 candidates in the tribe’s primary election in August.

Garnett Querta fills his water truck from a fire hydrant on the Hualapai reservation Monday, Aug. 15, 2022, in Peach Springs, Ariz. The water pulled from the ground here will be piped dozens of miles across the rugged landscape to serve the roughly 600,000 tourists a year who visit the Grand Canyon on the Hualapai reservation in northwestern Arizona — an operation that's the tribe's main source of revenue.

State of unease: Colorado basin tribes without water rights

Hualapai tribal land in northwestern Arizona borders 100 miles of the Colorado River, but the tribe can't draw from it.

US to award $35M in grants to tribes for 988 crisis line

Arizona has more than 20 federally recognized tribes.

File image of a health care worker adjusting an IV bag.

Arizona sees its first Tribal Area Health Education Center

The center will work to bolster health care education and training to American Indian communities.

Border Patrol agents patrol along a line of shipping containers stacked near the border Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022, near Yuma, Ariz.

Tribe: Arizona built border barrier against its wishes

The Cocophah Indian Tribe has a number of concerns.

Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez said the "Stay home, stay safe" message from the tribal government guarantees that businesses in the nation have the "the safest environment" compared to those outside its tribal lands during the pandemic.

Navajo Nation sees success in COVID-19 vaccination for children

More than half of the children are vaccinated.

Children at Havasupai Indian School in Cataract Canyon, Arizona, in 1901. Arizona had scores of such boarding schools for Native children in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Tribal boarding schools much improved, but legacy of old schools remains

Arizona had the second highest number of the schools in the country.

Oil spill stopped from reaching tributary on Navajo Nation

Up to 80 barrels of brine water were released.

San Xavier del Bac Mission, which was founded by Father Kino in 1700.

San Xavier Mission School closed

A lack of enrollment forced the school to suspend operations.

Oak Flat, near where a copper mine is proposed, is dotted with rugged boulders and desert vegetation.

Fight over Resolution Copper Mine drags on

Both sides expect the fight to continue

A canal carries water from the Colorado River to tribal land in Arizona.

Tribes in the Colorado River basin say they're 'in the dark' as states discuss water conservation

The complaint comes as Colorado River water users are trying to come up with a new sharing plan.

Navajo Code Talker Samuel Sandoval dies

Three left from group.

Statue of the short-faced bear at Lubbock Lake Landmark, a natural history museum in Lubbock, Texas.

"Chasing the Ghost Bear: On the Trail of America’s Lost Super Beast" with author Mike Stark.

Also on Arizona Spotlight: Rodeo champion Sherry Cervi honored with Marana street names; and actor Jon Proudstar talks about "Reservation Dogs" as season 2 arrives.

Navajo president signs pandemic aid priorities, $1B spend

The spending plan covers COVID-19 and infrastructure.

Part of the Contreras Fire burning near the Kitt Peak Nationla Observatory on June 16, 2022.

Contreras Fire listed as 100% contained

Local management team will hand over control Saturday.

An Endangered Language

With the majority of Indigenous tribal languages in the United States in critical danger of dying out, what does it take to keep them from becoming extinct.

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