KJZZ

From Navajo to Cherokee, tribes scramble as SNAP benefits lapse in federal shutdown

With only a dozen or so stores scattered throughout the Navajo Nation, buying groceries is already a daily struggle. But letting benefits lapse could make their dilemma much worse.

Tribes prepare for loss of SNAP benefits, other programs in government shutdown

Thousands of families across Indian Country, including in Arizona, would lose SNAP benefits as the shutdown continues, tribal ...
Arizona Daily Star

For Navajo and Hopi tribes, springing forward a time of confusion

TUBA CITY — Melissa Blackhair is not eager to spring forward Sunday. “I’m dreading it. I just don’t want to see how much we have to adjust,” Blackhair said while sitting in her home office in Tuba ...
ABC15 Arizona

The US is springing forward to daylight saving. For Navajo and Hopi tribes, it's a time of confusion

The Navajo Nation will reset clocks for one hour later despite being situated between the rest of Arizona and the neighboring Hopi reservation TUBA CITY, AZ — Melissa Blackhair is not eager to spring ...
Devdiscourse

Chaco's Future at Crossroads: Oil, Gas and Heritage Clash

The Trump administration may revoke a 20-year oil and gas development ban around Chaco Culture National Historical Park. Tribal leaders express concern, urging to preserve protections. The Bureau of ...
KSL

Daylight saving is a time of complexity for Navajo and Hopi tribes

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E&E

Coal-reliant tribes ponder a future without their power plant

PAGE, Ariz. — With Navajo Generating Station poised to close in 2019, the Navajo and Hopi tribes, which rely on the coal plant, hope they don’t get left behind — again. PAGE, Ariz. — For almost 26 ...
The Washington Post

Biden’s budget will be a boon to tribes — as long as red tape doesn’t strangle us

Jonathan Nez is president of the Navajo Nation. On the Navajo Nation, home to the largest tribe in the United States, nearly 40 percent of families live without running water or sanitation.
E&E

Supreme Court water ruling deals blow to Navajo Nation

The tribe “must again fight for themselves to secure their homeland and all that must necessarily come with it,” Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote in his dissent. The largest Native American reservation in ...
The Macomb Daily

Pentagon restores histories of Navajo Code Talkers, other Native veterans after public outcry

PHOENIX (AP) — The Pentagon restored some webpages highlighting the crucial wartime contributions of Navajo Code Talkers and other Native American veterans on Wednesday, days after tribes condemned ...
Yahoo

Coalition of Large Tribes Supports Navajo Nation’s Objections to NASA Sending Human Remains to the Moon

The Coalition of Large Tribes, an organization representing more than 50 tribes with reservations of 100,000 acres or more, signed on to the Navajo Nation’s request for consultation before NASA sends ...