Gabriel Pietrorazio

Following a three-month investigation, an appointed special prosecutor has filed an ethics complaint before the Navajo Nation District Court on Friday and is calling for the immediate removal of the tribe’s president, Buu Nygren.

An Arizona tribal member got mixed up in a close-call mistake made by local authorities at an Iowa jail after nearly being turned over to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The Gila River Indian Community is calling them general welfare payments – one-time $1,000 disbursements for each 18-year-old tribal member – regardless of whether they’re a SNAP recipient.

With only a dozen or so stores scattered throughout the Navajo Nation, buying groceries is already a daily struggle. But letting benefits lapse could make their dilemma much worse.

Depending on input from more than 11,000 community members, they could shorten or lengthen its already long moniker.

The 14,000-square-foot supermarket nestled in the heart of Sacaton is much more than a store. It’s a symbol of their sovereignty since few, if any, tribes outright own their own grocers.

Sacred Journey is demanding a jury trial to settle the matter. The company contends that they’re not at fault for the 14-year-old’s murder, but blame many others.

Once that critical mineral is dug up, it will leave the Copper State entirely. Despite the six-decade project still not being greenlit, the pair of global mining giants – BHP and Rio Tinto – behind it hope the huge gamble pays off.

Former Obama-era Energy Department official Chris Deschene, who is Navajo and now executive director of the National Inter-Tribal Energy Council trade association, believes few tribes are in the position to consider building data centers on their lands.

President Trump took to Truth Social back in April, promising to bring back Columbus Day, a long-established federal holiday falling on the second Monday in October – and kept his word by inking a new proclamation ahead of this holiday weekend.