Arizona’s senators are being urged to support the “Build Back Better” budget to provide funding for clean energy initiatives and jobs to address the effects of climate change as extreme heat becomes more common.

(Audio by Emma VandenEinde/Cronkite News)

Climate advocates urge Sinema, Kelly to support Biden budget plan

Q&A between Gaylord News reporter Nancy Marie Spears and US Poet Laureate and author Joy Harjo.

A conversation with Joy Harjo

Give me half a reason,
I wouldn’t want to go out of my way.
I don’t think I miss you.
Faces in the wall tell me I’ve got to stay.

They just keep on comin’.
Trying my best to throw this story away,
but the sun keeps shinin’.
All the folks are still sayin they’re still on their way.

Dont think i miss you

Sittin on my ass.
Sittin in this class I
try to be good 
I try to be great but I 
think that it’s too late
I think that I’ve found my fate

Do you hear the word?
They’re sayin’ we’re at the end
The end of the road
I can’t keep off my toes

Found my fate

The Gila River Indian Community is seeking payouts from the federal
government to conserve water in Lake Mead. Plus, why a shipping-container wall along the Arizona-Mexico border is likely to be challenged in court, and airports in the state work to become more sustainable.

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Host:  Damon Fairall
Producer: Athena Ankrah
Contributors: Alexia Stanbridge, Michelle Aerin, KUNC

Gila River tribe reverses decision on conserving water

Justis Brokenrope (Sičháŋǧu Lakȟóta) is a musician and educator currently residing in Bdé Óta Othúŋwe, Mní Sóta (Minneapolis, Minnesota). Wathéča Radio is an offshoot of Wathéča Records, a label and archival project focused on North American indigenous artists who were often overlooked in the canons of rock, folk, and country music.

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12-year-old Miss Baker Middle School Nala Nelson sang a traditional Diné song for the Miss Navajo Nation audience on the first day of the pageant. (Audio by Brianna Chappie/Cronkite News)

Navajo pageant princess sings during Miss Navajo Nation pageant

Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
Oversight Hearing to “Examine Native Communities’ Priorities for the 119th Congress”
Date: February 12, 2025
Time: 2:30 PM
Location: Dirksen
Room: 628

Witnesses
Panel 1
The Honorable Mark Macarro
President
National Congress of American Indians
Washington, DC

The Honorable William Smith
Chairperson / Alaska Area Representative
Valdez Native Tribe / National Indian Health Board
Washington DC

The Honorable Rodney Butler
Board President
Native American Financial Officers Association
Washington DC

Mr. Kerry Bird
Board President
National Indian Education Association
Washington, DC

Mr. Kūhiō Lewis
Chief Executive Officer
Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement
Kapolei, Hawaii

Committee Notice:
https://www.indian.senate.gov/hearings/oversight-hearing-to-examine-native-communities-priorities-for-the-119th-congress/

Kerry Bird / National Indian Education Association

House Committee on Appropriations
Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
Date: Tuesday, February 25, 2025 – 1:30 PM
Location: Capitol Complex, 2008 RHOB, Washington, DC, 20515, USA

WITNESSES
Panel one
Jeffrey Stiffarm
President
Fort Belknap Indian Community

Harlan Baker
Chairman
Chippewa Cree Tribe Business Committee and Rocky Boy Health Center

Ryan Rusche
Citizen
Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of Fort Peck

Panel two
Carole Lankford
Councilwoman
Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation

Gene Small
President
Northern Cheyenne Tribe

Panel three
Bruce Savage
Chairman
Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa

Darrell Seki Sr.
Chairman
Red Lake Band Chippewa Indians

Leonard Fineday
Secretary
Treasurer
Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe

Virgil Wind
Chief Executive
Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe

Panel four
J. Conrad “JC” Seneca
President
Seneca Nation

Wena Supernaw
Business Committee Chair
Quapaw Nation

Jeff Wacoche
Chief
United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians

Panel five
Ken Ahmann
Tribal Utility Authority Director
Colusa Indian Community Council

Jose Simon III
Chairman
Middletown Rancheria of Pomo Indians

Panel six
Josh Cook
Director of Intergovernmental Affairs
Mooretown Rancheria of Maidu Indians

Lester “Shine” Nieto
Chairman
Tule River Indian Tribe of California

James Naranjo
Governor
Pueblo of Santa Clara

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Explore the context and history of diversity, equity, and inclusion with Velicia McMillan Humes, chief diversity officer for the city of Tempe.

(Audio by Cheyla Daverman/Cronkite News)

DEI order jeopardizes science and health program for Native American youths

May 20, 2025 - Governor Kathy Hochul made remarks at the Seneca Nation of Indians in Chautauqua County.

Governor Hochul Makes Remarks at Seneca Nation

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