FORDHAM: But not all tribes in the area agree with that. BRENDA JESUS: The federal freeze on any more oil and gas leases is taking away from the economic opportunities for our Navajo people.

The eclipse had a special meaning for tribes in this region, and they wanted to keep the spectators from disturbing them. Sponsor Message The Navajo Nation is one of the tribes that closed their ...

At one point, the federal government imposed a construction ban lasting 50 years on land both tribes had claimed as their own. The proximity of Navajo and Hopi makes it hard for the two tribes to ...

It should create a far more diverse and stable water portfolio for the tribes than they would have gotten in court. Navajo and Hopi would agree to jointly manage the groundwater under their lands ...

Curley said completing water compact agreements is important for tribes to protect water rights, providing environmental stewardship. For the Navajo Nation, compacts are crucial because of ...

The Indian Health Service was mostly spared in the federal government's widespread staffing cuts, but tribal governments and ...

There are 30 federally recognized tribes in the river’s basin, and 12 of them, including Navajo Nation, still have at least some “unresolved” rights, meaning the extent of their rightful ...

the director of the Navajo Nation Department of Water Resources, “but when it comes to Arizona, it seems like we have different agendas.” The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1908 that tribes with ...

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