Native Americans

Arizona Democrats Urge Federal Government to Keep Tucson's Native Health Office Open

More than 30 Arizona Democratic lawmakers are pushing back against a federal proposal that could significantly alter how Native communities…

2 days ago

Adelita Grijalva Demands Answers on Tucson Area Indian Health Service Office Closure

Representative Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ) spearheaded a recent letter to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) regarding the proposed…

3 weeks ago

Ruben Gallego Cosponsors Bipartisan Bill Modernizing Native American Housing Assistance Programs

Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) is cosponsoring bipartisan legislation to reauthorize and modernize the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act…

4 weeks ago

Kris Mayes and Warren Petersen Clash as Arizona Medicaid Fraud Scandal Escalates

Attorney General Kris Mayes (D-AZ) and state Senate President Warren Petersen (R-AZ) are in an open dispute, and at the…

1 month ago

Carine Werner Takes Tribal Medicaid Fraud Case to Federal Prosecutors

Senator Carine Werner (R-AZ) is taking her fight against alleged Medicaid fraud directly to federal prosecutors, armed with what she…

1 month ago

Andy Biggs Reflects on AMBER Alert in Indian Country Act Becoming Law

Representative Andy Biggs (R-AZ) reflected on the 2018 passage of his AMBER Alert in Indian Country Act into law in…

2 months ago

Carine Werner Turned a System's Failure Into a Legislative Win for Indigenous Children

A new Arizona law aimed at strengthening protections for Indigenous children is now on the books, the direct result of…

3 months ago

Arizona Lawmaker Fights For Native Languages Back in the Classroom

For generations, Arizona's Native American languages have been slipping away as English steadily gains dominance. Now, a bill moving through…

3 months ago

Eli Crane Bolsters Native American Entrepreneurial Opportunities

Representative Eli Crane's (R-AZ) Native American Entrepreneurial Opportunity Act has unanimously passed by the House Committee on Small Business, a…

4 months ago

Mark Kelly, Ruben Gallego, and Eli Crane Introduce Bipartisan Yavapai-Apache Water Rights Agreement Bill

Senators Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and Representative Eli Crane (R-AZ) have introduced the bipartisan, bicameral Yavapai-Apache Nation…

5 months ago

Juan Ciscomani Introduces Bill Improving Shadow Wolves Border Security Program

Representative Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ) is introducing bipartisan legislation strengthening federal-tribal border enforcement agreements and the Shadow Wolves unit of Immigration…

7 months ago

Eli Crane Celebrates Ak-Chin-IHS Partnership for New Healthcare Facility

Representative Eli Crane (R-AZ) celebrated the recent establishment of a partnership between the Indian Health Service (IHS) and the Ak-Chin…

7 months ago

Ansari Discusses DOGE Impact on Bureau of Indian Education

Representative Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ) discussed the cuts to the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) with Scott Davis, Department of the…

1 year ago

Blackman, Martinez Urge for Action to Address Missing & Murdered Native Americans

State Representatives Walt Blackman (R-7) and Teresa Martinez (R-16) are for a state and federal response to alarming rates of…

1 year ago

Arizona's Delegates Unite Behind Ciscomani's Reintroduced Tribal Water Agreement Bill

Almost all of Arizona's Congressional delegation has united behind Representative Juan Ciscomani's (R-AZ) Northeastern Arizona Indian Water Rights Settlement Agreement,…

1 year ago

Gallego, Kelly Demand Phoenix Bureau of Indian Affairs Office Stay Open

Senators Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and Mark Kelly (D-AZ) led a joint letter demanding the Phoenix Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)…

1 year ago

Crane Introduces Bill Allowing Navajo Energy Development

Representative Eli Crane (R-AZ) has introduced legislation reversing a Biden Administration ban on mineral leasing land in Chaco Canyon, allowing…

1 year ago

Sinema Introduces Bill Expanding Tonto Apache Reservation with Forest Service Land

Senators Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) and Mark Kelly (D-AZ) have introduced a bill expanding the Tonto Apache Tribe's current reservation by…

2 years ago