Tag: From the Plateau
Navajo Nation coronavirus cases increase to 426, with 17 deaths, with curfew
42 new positive cases of COVID-19 reported for the Navajo Nation, two additional deaths By Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez and Vice President Myron Lizer Censored News WINDOW ROCK – The total number of positive tests…
Arizona unemployment filing process. Because, like what else have you got to do?
by Rudy Preston and Meteor Staff Saturday, April 11, update: If you are self-employed (artist, musician, Uber driver, other contract labor), ran out of UI benefits, or just didn’t make enough money in 2019 to qualify…
Rocky Ridge Boarding School on Navajo Nation stayed open after state school closure order. Then people started showing symptoms.
The federal government has released little information about the spread of coronavirus in Navajo schools. Now, some students and school staff are sick with symptoms consistent with COVID-19. by Alden Woods, The Arizona Republic April 7,…
Letter from Rez doctor: Navajo Nation in need of assistance
Editor’s note: This letter to the public is written by a physician who has been working on the Navajo Nation and environs for 8 years. Many are feeling alone on the Navajo Nation right now,…
Goats, Jars, and Pandemics
By Brad Olsen March, in Flagstaff, has it all: snow, rain, cold, warm, skiing, hiking, spring break and vacations, work, an equinox and daylight savings, basketball madness, the death of dictators, and even the celebration of…
Why so few young Americans vote
By John Holbein, University of Virginia The United States has one of the lowest rates of youth voter turnout in the world. The gap between 18- to 29-year-olds and those over 60, a common measuring stick,…
Indigenous leaders urge Native people to be counted in 2020 Census
Kirsten Carlson, Wayne State University Native Americans living on reservations and in traditional villages were the most undercounted people in the 2010 U.S. Census. This year, tribal leaders throughout the U.S. are urging American Indians and…
When the War on Science really began
A new book, The War on the EPA, tracks the history and importance of the government agency — and how efforts to undermine it began decades before Trump. Reviews by Tara Lohan, The Revelator The New…
‘This system cannot be sustained’ This year, tribal nations enter negotiations over Colorado River water.
By Anna V. Smith/ High Country News March 10, 2020 The Colorado River Basin is the setting for some of the most drawn-out and complex water issues in the Western U.S. In 2019, the Colorado River…
Attention turns to Flagstaff’s pension fund: Mayoral candidates weigh in
By Naima Schuller Senior Meteor Reporter March 6, 2020 Flagstaff As the City of Flagstaff heads into the budget process for next fiscal year, every City Division is doing so in the red. Greg Clifton, the Flagstaff…
Latest Bears Ears planning meeting convenes without indigenous voices
“Am I the only Indigenous person in the room right now?” asked Angelo Baca, a Navajo and Hopi resident of San Juan County and member of Utah Diné Bikeyah who attended the meeting as an observer….
We are Light and Shadow
by George Breed This morning I read an excerpt from “Temple and Contemplation” by Henry Corbin, that wonderful master of languages and translations (English, French, Arabic) and cross-spiritual shaman epistemologist; frequent presenter at Jung’s Eranos conferences…
Trump admin’s Clean Water rollback will hit some states hard
But the effects of removing this “environmental safety net” won’t be felt equally. States with fewer local protections and resources will suffer the most — as will their people and wildlife. Oceans & Clean Water February…
Drought
By John Whipple Every year, our family would take the day’s long drive to my grandparent’s farm in Western Missouri. It is from these experiences that drought draws its blood. The song speaks to what my…
Reworking Don McLean’s “American Pie” YouTube creators The Founding Fathers post “The Day Democracy Died”
Across America people are concerned about the actions of wealthy and powerful people suppressing votes, removing voters from voter registration lists, putting up obstacles to make it difficult to even register to vote, eliminating voter protections…
If Native Americans are “home,” then where am I?
A few nights ago, among a group of Indigenous friends in Flagstaff, a recent incident came up in conversation: the Salt River High School Eagles volleyball team walked off the court during a match with the…
