Watch: Biden seeks to strengthen relationship with tribal nations in Arizona visit
President Biden was in the battleground state of Arizona Friday, giving remarks from the Gila River Indian Community. During his visit, Biden was expected to issue an official apology for a U.S. policy that for 150 years sent Native American children to boarding schools where they were stripped of their culture and language. He will…
'Don't forget us': Tiny tribe at bottom of Grand Canyon pleads for stop to uranium mining
SUPAI, Ariz. — A tiny tribe that has inhabited the bottom of the Grand Canyon for centuries is warning of a looming threat to its world-famous waterfalls and very existence. "Don't forget us," Tribal Council Vice-Chairman Armando Marshall said in an interview in the tribal village of Supai. "We're down in the hole at the bottom of the Grand Canyon. We are people just like anybody else around the world, and we don't want to become extinct."
Major water funding announced ahead of Biden's Gila River Indian Community visit
(The Center Square) – The Gila River Indian Community in Arizona will receive $107 million in federal taxpayer dollars as part of a water agreement. The funds, sourced from the Inflation Reduction Act, are divided between three major projects. Gila River Farms is getting a $64 million revamp of its irrigation, $26 million is going toward the Blackwater canals for “concrete line” and $17 million will head toward a “regulating reservoir” to be built to help the Santan Canal, according to a news release. ...
‘Bringing culture to the table’: urban Native voter outreach centered around community
With only two weeks until the election, voting advocates, candidates, parties and community organizers are making last-ditch efforts to rally people to vote across Arizona. Some will go canvassing in neighborhoods, set up phone chains, or organize rallies to inspire people to vote and educate them about what’s on the ballot. But for those whose […]