NASCHITTI, N.M.– On Tuesday, Council Delegate Steven Begay (Coyote Canyon, Mexican Springs, Naschitti, Tohatchi, Bahastl’a’a’) had the honor of presenting the key to a new home to 84-year-old Emma Roanhorse, a lifelong resident of the Naschitti community who lost her home in the Asaayi Lake Fire in 2014, which burned over 14,000 acres. Speaker LoRenzo Continue Reading
By MIKE HUGHLETT , STAR TRIBUNE July 28, 2018 – 9:57 PM Enbridge’s hotly contested new oil pipeline is slated to cross land claimed by indigenous people for thousands of years. But not before Indian tribes have completed an archaeological survey of the pipeline route, the largest effort of its kind in Minnesota and maybe Continue Reading
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.— July 26, 2018 — In 1998, a group of tribal tourism operators and those interested in tapping into the industry met to find a mechanism to grow tourism among tribal communities in a way that honored tradition and values. The grass-roots effort, initially fostered by the New Mexico Indian Tourism Association with funding Continue Reading
TACHEE/BLUE GAP, Ariz. – Council Delegate Kee Allen Begay, Jr., who represents the community of Tachee/Blue Gap on the 23rd Navajo Nation Council, invited US Congressman Tom O’Halleran (D-AZ) to tour the Claim 28 abandoned uranium site on Tuesday, which is located approximately five-miles northeast of Tachee/Blue Gap Chapter. For decades, nearly 30 million tons Continue Reading
Sacaton, Arizona – In harmony with the vision of our forefathers, the Gila River Indian Community established Gila River Health Care to care for its people. Many years later, the Community is proud to announce the opening of its’ newest healthcare facility, Hau’pal (Red Tail Hawk) Health Center on August 1, 2018. The new facility Continue Reading
From CHEROKEE ONE FEATHER By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. The previous expansion at Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort in 2013 was dubbed a “masterpiece”, and now tribal and gaming officials of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians are expanding the canvas and adding more amenities to the property. Ground was broken on the morning of Tuesday, June Continue Reading
WASHINGTON D.C. — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) issued the first loan guarantee solicitation for the Tribal Energy Loan Guarantee Program (TELGP) under DOE’s Loan Programs Office. This solicitation provides as much as $2 billion in partial loan guarantees to support economic opportunities for Native American and Alaska Native communities through energy development projects Continue Reading
Building Partnerships Through Understanding Cooperation and Consultation The Tribal Planning Interest Group of APA, the American Planning Association, and the Western Planning Resources/The Western Planner are co-hosting this conference being held Aug. 5-8 in Fort Hall, Idaho. As an added bonus, this conference is being held in conjunction with the 2018 Shoshone-Bannock Festival, Rodeo, Pow-Wow Continue Reading