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President Donald Trump has promised to stop crossings along the U.S. border with Mexico.
For Navajo small business owner Natasha John, the road to owning a coffee shop has been long.
Cronkite News: Trump gives new life to aging coal-fired power plants (April 22, 2025)
One of the last remaining power plants in Arizona that uses coal has been granted an exemption from strict pollution standards. 
Cronkite News: Native collective fosters creativity among youth (April 17, 2025)
Homeland blends culture, music, fashion and community through hands-on workshops and cross-brand collaborations. 
Although the Navajo Nation has reached an agreement regarding transportation of uranium through the reservation, many tribal members remain concerned it won’t protect them from the harms of contamination.
President Donald Trump’s order to scrub anything “divisive” from the Smithsonian to shield Americans from “woke” propaganda has – at least temporarily – had the opposite effect.
Cronkite News: Arizona State University hosts annual powwow (April 14, 2025)
The 36th annual ASU powwow was more than a celebration of song and dance, it was a space where generations of people gathered to invigorate shared culture, tell traditional stories and teach lessons and prayers that have survived for millennia. 
Cronkite News: A ‘mural with a message’ rises in Arizona (April 8, 2025)
City officials, HIV/AIDS activists and health care providers gathered for the unveiling of a new mural at The Parsons Center for Health and Wellness in Phoenix, Arizona. 
Cronkite News: Food sovereignty movement promotes Native foods (April 4, 2025)
Mariah Gladstone and Alana Yazzie are embracing Native foods that have sustained Native communities for generations. 
Friends, family, community members and dignitaries honored the life of Raúl Grijalva, who championed Native causes during his 12 terms in the U.S. Congress.
Arizona ranks third for the highest number of cases of missing Indigenous people.
Cronkite News: Republicans in Congress push for health care cuts (March 21, 2025)
Potential cuts to Medicare and Medicaid are causing uncertainty as Republicans, encouraged by President Donald Trump, push for drastic changes. 
Raúl Grijalva was known as a champion of tribal issues as a leader on the House Committee on Natural Resources.
“You’re not only erasing Navajo culture but you’re also eliminating Navajo code,” said Peter MacDonald, 96, one of the few surviving Navajo Code Talkers.
What started as an annual event to help Native small business owners has grown into a launchpad for Navajo entrepreneurs.
“This tells the community we are here, we are here for you,” said Sheila Lopez, the founder of the Arizona Two Spirit Powwow.
A program serving Native students in science, technology and medicine is ending as a result of President Donald Trump’s directives.
Cronkite News: Arizona governor promises $7 million for NAGPRA work (January 30, 2025)
“It is time for the state to take repatriation seriously,” said Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs (D). 
The ‘Navajos 4 Trump’ group was selected to participate in the inaugural presidential parade on January 20, 2025.
Cronkite News: ‘We’re never going to go away’ (January 15, 2025)
Indigenous Enterprise promotes and advances Indigenous culture through the power of powwow song and dance. 
Cronkite News: Indigenous Enterprise brings culture to New York City (January 9, 2025)
The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade featured a performance by Indigenous Enterprise, an award-winning dance company based in Arizona. 
Cronkite News: Program expanded to cover traditional health care practices (December 16, 2024)
Native patients in four states could now see government health coverage for some traditional healing practices. 
Cronkite News: Museum continues to move slowly on repatriation (December 3, 2024)
Arizona State Museum is still not in compliance with NAGPRA, more than three decades after repatriation became the law. 
Cronkite News: Hearing confronts crisis of missing and murdered relatives (December 2, 2024)
Despite grants and numerous programs to help mitigate the issue, cases of missing or murdered Indigenous women continue at relatively high rates. 
Cronkite News: Winter surge of COVID-19 impacts Indigenous communities (November 26, 2024)
As COVID-19 is expected to surge this winter, communities across the Southwest face rising hospitalizations and new, resilient variants. 
Cronkite News: Donald Trump’s Defense pick faces scrutiny in U.S. Senate (November 19, 2024)
Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Arizona) is among the combat veterans and Democrats expressing deep skepticism at Donald Trump’s choice of a Defense secretary with no national security experience. 
For the first time, Latino and Indigenous populations in California will have their health challenges and needs documented in a way that reflects and serves their communities.
Cronkite News: Native youth attend second annual Fiesta Bowl football clinic (November 12, 2024)
“Especially for my Nez Perce people, I want to make them proud as much as possible,” said Xavier Guillory of Arizona State University. 
Donald Trump made mass deportations one of his signature campaign promises despite lack of national support for the controversial idea.
Cronkite News: Native youth lead ride to the polls on Election Day (November 6, 2024)
Arizona was one of the last states to allow voting rights for Native people. 
Cronkite News: Voters on Navajo Nation encounter problems on Election Day (November 6, 2024)
There has been a history of voting complications within Native communities in Arizona, and 2024 was no different. 
Cronkite News: ‘Native voters can and will decide this election’ (November 5, 2024)
Native people have long felt like politicians overlook them, but both parties are seeking the Native vote more than ever before. 
Cronkite News: Tribal governments responsible for orphaned oil and gas wells (November 1, 2024)
When the ownership of abandoned oil or gas wells is untraceable, responsibility falls to federal, local and tribal governments. 
Cronkite News: Senate candidates battle for youth vote in Arizona (October 30, 2024)
With just a week to go until Election Day, all eyes remain on the swing state of Arizona. 
Cronkite News: President Biden apologizes for Indian boarding school era (October 29, 2024)
“The federal government has never formally apologized, until today,” President Joe Biden said during a historic visit to the Gila River Indian Community in Arizona. 
Cronkite News: Health care at stake in presidential election (October 24, 2024)
The Affordable Care Act, which permanently authorized the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, is once again a subject of debate in the 2024 presidential race. 
Cronkite News: Experts examine climate crisis and cancer disparities (October 23, 2024)
Indigenous communities across the Southwest face adversities that stem from historical marginalization. 
Cronkite News: Community comes together for Indigenous Peoples Day (October 22, 2024)
“Indigenous Peoples Day is a day to embrace all Indigenous people everywhere,” said Deeanna Talley, a singer who goes by Nanibaah. 
Cronkite News: Indian Country diabetes funding set to expire yet again (October 21, 2024)
Federal funding expires at the end of the year for a program that has reduced diabetes among Native people. 
Cronkite News: Miss Navajo Nation merges traditional and modern culture (October 16, 2024)
The Miss Navajo Nation pageant celebrates tribal culture and tradition, and imbues the winner as a role model on the largest reservation in the U.S.
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