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Trump has ordered federal agencies to prioritize energy and mineral extraction on public lands. Supporters of the buffer say that a shift in policy risks damage to Chaco Canyon, but residents with ...

The Arizona Department of Transportation, in partnership with the Hopi Tribe, is conducting a corridor planning study to identify and address safety concerns along State Route 264 from US 160/Moenkopi ...

On the Navajo Aquifer, the Hopi Tribe will have rights to all water beneath their reservation, subject to an agreement with the Navajo Nation that limits pumping to 5,600 acre-feet per year.

Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren (left) speaks during the Navajo Nation, Hopi Tribe and San Juan Southern Paiute water settlement signing ceremony on July 17, 2024, in Phoenix.

Victims of radiation exposure from federal uranium mining and nuclear testing on tribal lands in the Southwest could receive ...

Engines echoed through canyons and across desert highways as riders with the Navajo Hopi Honor Riders carried out the 22nd ...

Emily Benedek, managing editor of New Times' sister publication Dallas Observer, will read from her recently published book on the century-old Navajo-Hopi land feud, The Wind Won't Know Me, at ...

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 ...

More than 100 people gathered in Forest Lake to talk about the prospect of more coal mining and almost all opposed the idea.

For years, many Navajo and Hopi families relied on coal-burning stoves to generate heat in the winter; most homes had no cooling in the summer, when temperatures can exceed 100 degrees Fahrenheit.

Hopi Chairman Timothy L. Nuvangyaoma breathed a sigh of relief on Tuesday as Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs signed the Northeastern Arizona Indian Water Rights Settlement Act, a significant step that ...