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Sierra Edd’s art and activism makes space for Native women

Durango High School and Brown University graduate centers her work on messages of gender violence and decolonization

DATE: Aug 20, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Fort Lewis College joins science partnership to boost diversity

Fort Lewis College earned a grant to foster research in materials science and boost the number of Native Americans and minorities who study in the field. The National Science Foun...

DATE: Aug 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Education

Discussion to focus on Native American voting rights

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Access and barriers to the political process across Indian Country will be the focus of an upcoming discussion in Washington, D.C. U.S. Sen. Tom Udall, vice ch...

DATE: Jul 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Dolores hosts reggae band with a Native American message

Concert raises money for Canyons Alliance

DATE: Jun 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Music

Prospect of Native congresswoman galvanizes American Indians

Deb Haaland is Democratic nominee for U.S. House

DATE: Jun 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Native American female entrepreneur launches Grand Canyon rafting company

PEACH SPRINGS – As downstream rapids roar, multicolored rafts line Diamondhead Beach at the base of the Grand Canyon. Patricia Cesspooch stands out in this scene, surrounded by me...

DATE: May 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Organic reach: Indigenous food sovereignty moves to the web

Digital generation reconnecting with tradition

DATE: May 8, 2018 | CATEGORY: Food

Fort Lewis College students compete in First Nations Launch competition

Up on the mesa, three out of five Native American students from Fort Lewis College just returned from the First Nations Launch, where they tied for second in the presentation portion of the ...

DATE: Apr 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

54th annual Hozhoni Days celebrates Native American culture

More than 50 tribes represented at powwow

DATE: Apr 14, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Fort Lewis College to hold 54th Hozhoni Days

Annual powwow continues through Saturday

DATE: Apr 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Bluff celebrates with second annual Founders Day and Frybread Festival

Events reflect heritage and creative uses of frybread

DATE: Apr 2, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Patchwork health care for reservation inmates raises concern

ALBUQUERQUE – At a tribal jail in Washington state, an inmate with a broken leg banged on his cell door, screaming for pain medication, only to be denied. Hundreds of miles away, ...

DATE: Mar 31, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News