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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

Photo: Pueblo Feast Day

DATE: Mar 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Zinke tells tribal leaders in Arizona he’ll fight opioids

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke told tribal leaders in the Phoenix area on Monday that federal law enforcement will work with them to fight distribution of opioid drug...

DATE: Mar 20, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Protecting Native American artifacts at Lake Nighthorse

Recreation brings the threat of looting, vandalism

DATE: Mar 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Navajo artist to open mixed media exhibit at The Farm Bistro

Navajo artist Venaya Yazzie hopes to use an art exhibit at The Farm Bistro in Cortez to educate viewers on Native American beliefs. Yazzie, a graduate of the Institute of Amer...

DATE: Mar 1, 2018 | CATEGORY: Visual Arts

Program boosts college readiness for Native American students in Southwest Colorado

AIMS provides students with connection and support

DATE: Feb 13, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Photos: Fort Lewis College women’s and men’s basketball take on Westminster UniversityBoth Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Both Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Photos: An afternoon in 2004 with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell as he works on Capitol HillDurango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Durango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Photos and video: ICE protests return to DurangoAbout a dozen protesters tried to block federal agents from leaving with a detainee on Thursday