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Memorial Gardens with a thousand lights honors USS Arizona

By Lee AllenFeb 22, 2020
Darrell Yazzie, farmer with Tolani Lake Enterprises
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USDA reports Arizona has the largest concentration of Indian farms

By Lee AllenFeb 20, 2020
Ribbon Cutting
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‘Once there was nothing … now we have this’

By Lee AllenDec 4, 2019
Photo of Plains bison researcher Maria Nieves Zedeno
Culture

The personhood of bison - National Bison Day is November 2

By Lee AllenOct 17, 2019
Rep Grijalva IYSC Launch Event - Recyclables
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Civilian Conservation Corps outreach to Native Youth: the Indian Youth Service Corps

By Lee AllenJun 25, 2019
Keith Anderson - powwow regalia men's traditional
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Wildlife repository in Arizona gives new life to fallen animals for ceremonial or traditional use

By Lee AllenApr 9, 2019
Fort Apache fire crew thinning Sierra Vista Ranger District - Photo Coronado National Forest (3)
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Wildfire prevention in Indian Country: Saving lives while respecting tribal lands

By Lee AllenApr 2, 2019
From left to right: Navajo master weavers Barbara Teller Ornelas and sister, Lynda Teller Pete. (Photo: Courtesy Joe Coca / Thrums Books)
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Navajo master weavers Barbara Teller Ornelas and Lynda Teller Pete talk shop

By Lee AllenMar 1, 2019
Native American Youth, Native Nations Institute, Social Activists, Project Youth ACT, DAPL, Dakota Access Pipeline, Tohono O’odham Tribe, Pascua Yaqui, Navajo, Hopi, Public Health, Affordable Care Act, Obamacare, Native American Healthcare, Native American Health and Wellness, Medicaid, Diabetes, Infrastructure, Reservation Infrastructure, Climate Change, Environmental Issues, Feminism, Gender Equality, Social Injustice
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Agents For Change: Future Belongs to Native American Youth

By Lee AllenSep 13, 2018
Tohono O’odham, Indigenous Foods, Traditional Foods, Traditional Food, Traditional Crops, Traditional Crop, Tohono O’odham I’itoi Onion, Southern Arizona, I’itoi Onion, Tepary Beans, Crooked Sky Farms, Sustainable Farming, San Xavier Co-op Farm, Native American Recipe, Native American Recipes
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Preserving a Traditional Crop: 4 Tohono O’odham I’itoi Onion Recipes

By Lee AllenSep 13, 2018
Tohono O’odham, Indigenous Foods, Traditional Foods, Traditional Food, Traditional Crops, Traditional Crop, Tohono O’odham I’itoi Onion, Southern Arizona, I’itoi Onion, Tepary Beans, Crooked Sky Farms, Sustainable Farming, San Xavier Co-op Farm, Native American Recipe, Native American Recipes
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Preserving Traditional Crops: The Tohono O’odham I’itoi Onion

By Lee AllenSep 13, 2018
Saguaro Fruit, Cacti, Foraging, Mother Nature, Indigenous Ingredients, Traditional Foods, Tohono O’odham, Saguaro, Saguaro Cactus, Cactus Harvesting, Southwest Foraging, Elder, Indigenous Knowledge, Sonoran Desert, Tucson, American Indian Cooking, Native Cooking
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Foraging for Saguaro Fruit: An Annual Tradition

By Lee AllenSep 13, 2018
Gertie and the T.O. Boys performing in Tucson, Arizona.
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Tearing up Indian Country on a $50 Button Accordion: Tohono O’odham Gertie Lopez

By Lee AllenSep 13, 2018
Traditional Knowledge, Traditional Art, Native American Artists, Southwest Folklife Alliance, Southwest, Salt River Pima-Maricopa, Pascua Yaqui Tribe, Tohono O’odham
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Passing Down Traditional Knowledge

By Lee AllenSep 13, 2018
Casino Del Sol recently renewed Kimberly Van Amburg's contract as CEO for three more years, with plans to replace her with one of their own Pascua Yaqui tribal members in 2020.
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Rising to the Top at Casino Del Sol: Succession Program Grooms Pascua Yaqui CEO Candidates

By Lee AllenSep 13, 2018
Native American Youth, Diabetes, Native Americans and Diabetes, Type 2 Diabetes, Native Health, Obesity
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Native American Youth Head to Diabetes Prevention Camp

By Lee AllenSep 13, 2018
Heard Museum, Mother’s Day, Storytelling, Birth Stories
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Mother’s Day Storytelling at the Heard Museum

By Lee AllenSep 13, 2018
Native Veterans, Gathering of American Indian Veterans, Flutes for Vets
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Keep the Warriors Alive: Native Veterans Gather for VA Info

By Lee AllenSep 13, 2018
Indian National Finals Rodeo Art Show with Riley Dodging Horse and son, INFR Bull Fighter.
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Call for Submissions: Indian National Finals Rodeo Indian Cowboy and Cowgirl Art Show

By Lee AllenSep 13, 2018
These are examples of the items on display in the “Woven Through Time: American Treasures of Native Basketry and Fiber Art” exhibit at the Arizona State Museum.
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Woven Through Time: Native Basketry Exhibit Opens in Arizona

By Lee AllenSep 13, 2018
The assembled hoop house frame is seen here ready to be covered on the Navajo Nation.
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Art of Agriculture: Combining the Hoop House and Modern Farming

By Lee AllenSep 13, 2018
Native Nations Institute hosted a forum focused on tribal disenrollment in March at the University of Arizona.
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Who Belongs? The Epidemic of Tribal Disenrollment

By Lee AllenSep 13, 2018
Dr. Ken Jackson, saddled and ready for another trip to Supai Village
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Country Doctor Serves Supai Village at Bottom of Grand Canyon

By Lee AllenSep 13, 2018
PC by Test User
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Native Radio is the Vital Voice of Indian Country

By Lee AllenSep 13, 2018
Ramona and Terry Button in their 50-plus acre tepary (or bavi) bean field in Arizona’s Gila River Reservation.
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Bringing Back the Bavi: Gila River Farmers Focus on Traditional Crops

By Lee AllenSep 13, 2018
An artist rendition of the $50 million state-of-the-art research and care facility for veterans , set to open in 2018.
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Help Is On The Way For Veterans in Arizona

By Lee AllenSep 13, 2018
For those who love the roar of noisy engines, pedal-to-the-metal speed down the straightaway and cars skidding into a 45-degree turn while tossing massive dirt clods in their wake, another season is underway at the Cocopah Tribe’s speedway just outside of Yuma, Arizona.
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8 Great Pics: Burning Up the Track at the Cocopah Tribe’s Speedway

By Lee AllenSep 13, 2018
For those who love the roar of noisy engines, pedal-to-the-metal speed down the straightaway and cars skidding into a 45-degree turn while tossing massive dirt clods in their wake, another season is underway at the Cocopah Tribe’s speedway just outside of Yuma, Arizona.
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8 Great Pics: Burning Up the Track at the Cocopah Tribe’s Speedway

By Lee AllenSep 13, 2018
Jeremiah Miguel holds daughter Alyssa (age 3) while girlfriend Carey Thomas holds son Joshua (age 4) in their new residence as part of the VASH program. Previously, the two adults and six children lived with several other relatives in crowded conditions.
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Not Homeless, But Very Crowded: Tohono O’odham Vets Get Housing

By Lee AllenSep 13, 2018
This November, the Indian National Finals Rodeo (INFR) plans to introduce an INFR pow wow to be held in conjunction with the rodeo, November 8-12, in Las Vegas.
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Pow Wow Meets Rodeo in Las Vegas

By Lee AllenSep 13, 2018
Forest acorns, ready for drying, grinding, leaching, and processing into nutritious treats.
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The Age of Acorns: Sustaining Life for Generations

By Lee AllenSep 13, 2018
The Zebo'z bar puts visitors in the middle of all the action under a domed perpetual daytime sky.
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Casino Del Sol Is 'Refreshing and Evolving' its Brand

By Lee AllenSep 13, 2018
Notah Begay III, Steve Tooshkenig, Bentley Clark, Alex Barrett, and Rick Barrett at the 2015 Champions of the NBIII Foundation Challenge.
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The Ultimate Gimme: Indian Country Knows How to Throw a Charity Tournament

By Lee AllenSep 13, 2018
A rendering of the Nike N7 Golf shoe.
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The Nike Swoosh Flies Again: N7 Program Is Giving Native Golfers a Lift

By Lee AllenSep 13, 2018
A rendering of the Nike N7 Golf shoe.
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The Nike Swoosh Flies Again: N7 Program Is Giving Native Golfers a Lift

By Lee AllenSep 13, 2018
Rezball is in the limelight with this past weekend’s kickoff of the Native American Basketball Invitational, (NABI) the largest Native basketball tournament in North America. Two players at NABI go up for a shot.
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128 Teams: Rezball Is in the Limelight at the Native American Basketball Invitational

By Lee AllenSep 13, 2018
Rezball is in the limelight with this past weekend’s kickoff of the Native American Basketball Invitational, (NABI) the largest Native basketball tournament in North America. Two players at NABI go up for a shot.
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128 Teams: Rezball Is in the Limelight at the Native American Basketball Invitational

By Lee AllenSep 13, 2018
Not only do kids participating in Read It and Eat learn how to read and get to take a book home with them, they also get to eat something made in the classroom kitchen.
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Read It and Eat: Program Combines Early Literacy and Healthy Eating

By Lee AllenSep 13, 2018
It was a day filled with hugs, handshakes and even a few high-fives. It was Elders Day, celebrated by the 33,000 members of the Tohono O’odham Nation .
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Tohono O’odham Nation Celebrates Elder’s Day

By Lee AllenSep 13, 2018
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AIM Co-Founder Dennis Banks to Attend Purification Gathering in Arizona

By Lee AllenSep 12, 2018
Notah Begay III and Alice Cooper at the Pascua Yaqui tribe’s Sewailo Golf Course in Tucson - named the top course in Arizona.
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Pascua Yaqui Sewailo Golf Course Named Top Course in Arizona - Notah Begay, Alice Cooper Agree

By Lee AllenSep 13, 2018
Notah Begay III and Alice Cooper at the Pascua Yaqui tribe’s Sewailo Golf Course in Tucson - named the top course in Arizona.
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Pascua Yaqui Sewailo Golf Course Named Top Course in Arizona - Notah Begay, Alice Cooper Agree

By Lee AllenSep 13, 2018
Dine dancer Jones Benally, now in his 90s, has been a hoop dancer for over 75 years.
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Hoops Heard ‘Round the World – 2016 World Championship Hoop Dance Competition

By Lee AllenSep 13, 2018
The Economic Impact of Tribal Gaming in Arizona report study was sponsored by the Arizona Indian Gaming Association (AIGA) and conducted under a contract with the Taylor Policy Group, Inc (TPG), an independent consulting firm unaffiliated with AIGA.
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Arizona Tribal Casinos Employ More Than State's McDonald's

By Lee AllenSep 13, 2018
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This Is the Typical Tribal Tourist in Arizona

By Lee AllenSep 13, 2018
MAÏNA: For the first time in Canadian film history, the two indigenous communities involved (Innu First Nation and the Kuujjuaq Inuit people) provided project financing because they saw the movie as a way to help preserve their culture and language.
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MAÏNA: First Time Ever, Innu and Kuujjuaq Inuit help Director Michael Poulette finance Indigenous Film

By Lee AllenSep 13, 2018
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Learning to Ranch, Rope and Rodeo

By Lee AllenSep 13, 2018
Inaugural ceremonies for new Tohono O'odham Chairman Edward Manuel.
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Moving a Nation Forward: Chairman Manuel Talks Diversity for Tohono O’odham

By Lee AllenSep 13, 2018
Mother Earth's bounty: Brilliant yellow chanterelle mushrooms and a collection of King and Aspen bolete (with one lobster mushroom hiding in the background)...a morning's foraging in the forest.
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Wild Mushrooms: Foraging the Forest for a Fungal Feast

By Lee AllenSep 13, 2018
Runners can do a 30-mile Ultra Run and a 10-mile loop and a four-mile fun run.
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Hopi Run for Life Celebrates the Sanctity of Water

By Lee AllenSep 13, 2018