Navajo

Navajo Nation Wants To Be 51st Medicaid State

Laurel Morales — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 20:51:02 +0000

The Navajo Nation wants to become the 51st Medicaid state. The Affordable Care Act has allowed them to study the idea.

Navajos Often Victims Of Predatory Car Sales

Laurel Morales — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 18:27:36 +0000

It’s an often-heard refrain in these times: people duped by mortgage lenders, car dealers or finance companies to take on debt they can’t afford. On the edges of their vast reservation, Navajos have been especially vulnerable to questionable car sales tactics.

Miss Navajo Not Your Typical Pageant

Fri, 07 Sep 2012 19:15:08 +0000

The Miss Navajo contest is not your typical beauty pageant. Instead of swimsuits and high heels, you get turquoise and moccasins.

First Navajo Woman Runs For Congress

Thu, 02 Aug 2012 16:01:42 +0000

Arizona’s newly drawn Congressional District 1 includes more Native Americans than any other district in the country. That sets the stage for a historic first — an American Indian woman serving in Congress.

Hopi Tribal Council Rejects Kyl's Water Settlement Bill

Shelley Smithson — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 04:35:00 +0000

After a heated day-long meeting today, The Hopi Tribal council has voted to halt negotiations on a controversial water bill.

The 11-4 vote endorsed a resolution brought forth by former Hopi leaders.

The leaders objected to the bill by Arizona’s U.S. Sen. Jon Kyl that would have settled Hopi claims to the Little Colorado River in exchange for water development projects.

Former Chairman Ivan Sidney declared that Kyl’s bill is now dead, because without all parties agreeing to the water settlement, Kyl has said he won’t move it forward in Congress.

Wireless Medicine Connects Navajo Heart Patients

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:19:41 +0000

Congestive heart failure is one of those medical conditions that has patients in and out of emergency rooms constantly. That’s tough on the Navajo Nation, where hospitals, are few and far between.

Navajo Nation Suing Urban Outfitters

Al Macias — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 21:50:54 +0000

The Navajo Nation is demanding Urban Outfitters pull the "Navajo" name from its products. The lawsuit was filed late Tuesday in Federal court.

The suit accuses the clothing chain of violating the federal Indian Arts and Crafts Act. That law makes it illegal to sell merchandise that falsely suggests it’s made by American Indians when it’s not.

BIA presses Navajo Nation to investigate public safety chief

Shelley Smithson — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:36:22 +0000

The Navajo Division of Public Safety is in danger of losing $ 35 million in federal funding.

The Navajo Times newspaper reports it has obtained a letter from the Bureau of Indian Affairs to President Ben Shelly outlining the federal agency’s concerns.

The letter cites a recent Navajo Times investigation of Public Safety Director John Billison.

The newspaper reported that a protection order was issued against Billison in Phoenix in 2004 after a woman claimed he had repeatedly assaulted her.

Navajo Struggle With Stigma Of AIDS

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:06:14 +0000

For people of the Navajo Nation, AIDS has long been thought of as a white man’s disease; an illness that struck others, off of the reservation.

But over the last decade, the number of new HIV infections among Navajos has doubled. And something else that’s new: AIDS is now very much on the reservation itself, which means Navajos are infecting Navajos.

EPA Regs May Force Higher Water Rates on Navajo

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:30:31 +0000

A coal-fired power plant on the Navajo Nation may be forced to increase water rates to afford required federal pollution controls.