Navajo Nation

A team of Navajo firefighters is headed to southern California to battle the several wildfires that have broken out.

Peyote, a cactus that contains mescaline, a hallucinogen, grows naturally in South Texas and northern Mexico.

Supporters of the tours say they offer an exciting experience and allow older people and those with disabilities to see and enjoy the parks. Critics say the flights are an unnecessarily dangerous way to view some of the most stunning public lands in the United States.

Federal officials have joined with the state of Arizona to begin fulfilling a settlement agreement that was reached with the Hopi Tribe nearly three decades ago, marking what tribal officials described as a historic day.

The tribe has been mired in political upheaval since April, when Navajo Vice President Richelle Montoya publicly outlined allegations of intimidation and sexual harassment against President Buu Nygren, stemming from interactions at an August 2023 meeting in Nygren’s office.

Following technical issues in Apache County on Election Day, Navajo Nation's President said he filed a lawsuit to extend polling hours to accommodate voters.

Reproductive rights measures are on the ballots in 10 states after heated debates over how to describe their impact on abortion — and that's just in English. A different debate exists over elections information that are translated for communities where English is not the primary language.

One of the final remaining code talkers during World War II, John Kinsel, was pronounced dead by the Navajo Nation Council at 107 years of age.

The president of one of the largest Native American tribes in the U.S. announced he has removed responsibilities from his vice president, saying she no longer represents his administration and should consider resigning from the highest office within the Navajo Nation to ever be held by a woman.

Both the Trump and Harris campaigns have spent the past weeks targeting not only Arizona voters, but native voters in particular as Arizona is home to 22 tribes, boasting a population of half a million.

After family members of a slain Navajo woman described their grief in a federal courtroom, the judge on Monday sentenced her boyfriend to life imprisonment for first-degree murder.

Navajo President Buu Nygren signed legislation outlining a proposed water rights settlement that will ensure supplies from the Colorado River and other sources for three Native American tribes — as well as more security for drought-stricken Arizona.

The Navajo Nation Council has signed off on a proposed water rights settlement that carries a price tag larger than any such agreement enacted by Congress would ensure water for two other Native American tribes in a state that has been forced to cut back on water use.

A proposed water rights settlement for three Native American tribes that carries a price tag larger than any such agreement enacted by Congress took a significant step forward with introduction in the Navajo Nation Council.