Tag: Navajo Nation
Vicious circle: Tribal broadband program hindered by lack of broadband
by Camila Pedrosa, Cronkite News January 20, 2022 Washington – Tribal advocates told a Senate panel this week the federal government’s effort to fund expanded broadband infrastructure in Indian Country overlooked a fundamental issue. Many tribes did…
EPA awards $220 million for uranium mine cleanup on Navajo Nation
Work could start later this year following the completion of assessments for mining sites coordinated between the EPA and the Navajo Nation’s environmental agency, the federal agency said. by Haleigh Kochanski, Cronkite News Friday, February 12, 2021…
Bears Ears is just the beginning
As the Biden administration begins, tribal nations with ties to Utah assert their relationships to the land. by Jessica Douglas and Graham Lee Brewer, High Country News Friday, January 22, 2021 Long before former President Barack…
How Native Americans shaped Trump’s presidency – and helped bring him down
by Darren R. Reid, Coventry University Thursday, November 26, Thanksgiving Day When Fox News called the state of Arizona for Joe Biden, it sent shockwaves through Donald Trump’s campaign team. Since 1952, the state had only…
After the deaths of two soldiers at Fort Hood, the Navajo Nation wants answers
Navajo families say their loved ones faced hazing and harassment at the Army base outside Killeen. by Pauly Denetclaw, The Texas Observer Saturday, October 24 Corlton Lane Chee came to the Fort Hood Army base from…
The Federal Government promised Native American students computers and internet. Many are still waiting.
Native American students in BIE operated schools were forced to start the school year without adequate technology, sometimes sharing a single computer among siblings, because the agency disbursed funding late and failed to purchase equipment in…
The erasure of Indigenous People in U.S. COVID-19 data
‘The United States had no idea what was going on in Indian Country. They have no idea.’ by Kalen Goodluck, High Country News Monday, August 31 Indigenous peoples are bearing the brunt of COVID-19 infections. But…
The federal government gives native students an inadequate education, and gets away with it
The Bureau of Indian Education has repeatedly neglected warnings that it is not providing a quality education for 46,000 Native students. Once called a “stain on our Nation’s history,” the school system has let down its…
With new cases and new deaths Nation leaders urge residents “Don’t Back Down”
More than 3,300 residents have recovered from COVID but everyone needs to keep up the work protecting each other. The Navajo Department of Health, in coordination with the Navajo Epidemiology Center and the Navajo Area Indian…
