/tags/navajo-nation Navajo Nation en-US Copyright KUNC/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Sun, 30 Mar 2025 12:00:00 GMT /news/2025-03-30/a-navajo-nation-community-has-running-water-after-waiting-nearly-25-years Residents of Westwater, a small Navajo subdivision in Utah, set their sights on water in the early 2000s. Now, after years of effort, their dream is turning into a reality. Sun, 30 Mar 2025 12:00:00 GMT /news/2025-03-30/a-navajo-nation-community-has-running-water-after-waiting-nearly-25-years Shannon Mullane, The Colorado Sun /2024-12-10/how-navajo-nation-using-mutual-aid-connect-families-electric-grid Last week, Our Living Lands highlighted the challenge of living without electricity. Now, hear from Navajo families who are getting power for the first time through a life-changing mutual aid program. Tue, 10 Dec 2024 19:15:04 GMT /2024-12-10/how-navajo-nation-using-mutual-aid-connect-families-electric-grid Kaleb Roedel /news/2024-10-13/efforts-continue-to-bring-home-navajo-tribal-members-targeted-by-fraudulent-sober-living-homes Operation Rainbow Bridge is an initiative to bring home thousands of Navajo Tribal members who are victims of fraud at sober homes. Sun, 13 Oct 2024 12:00:00 GMT /news/2024-10-13/efforts-continue-to-bring-home-navajo-tribal-members-targeted-by-fraudulent-sober-living-homes KSUT /news/2024-09-09/former-navajo-nation-president-runs-for-congress-in-an-arizona-district-that-includes-12-tribes Former President of the Navajo Nation Jonathan Nez is running for Congress in Arizona’s 2nd Congressional District, challenging the incumbent Republican Eli Crane. Mon, 09 Sep 2024 12:00:00 GMT /news/2024-09-09/former-navajo-nation-president-runs-for-congress-in-an-arizona-district-that-includes-12-tribes Clark Adomaitis /news/2024-06-05/100-years-ago-us-citizenship-for-native-americans-came-without-voting-rights-in-swing-states An act of Congress a century ago guaranteed citizenship to wary Native Americans in an age of forced assimilation and marked the outset of a long journey to secure voting rights. Daunting legal and logistical obstacles to voting persist in remote stretches of the southwestern United States, where the Native vote is credited with swinging the 2020 presidential election in Arizona to President Joe Biden. In New Mexico, recent election reforms are promising tribal communities a greater voice in how and where they can vote — bolstering an already robust path to political power. Wed, 05 Jun 2024 12:00:00 GMT /news/2024-06-05/100-years-ago-us-citizenship-for-native-americans-came-without-voting-rights-in-swing-states Morgan Lee, Associated Press /news/2024-05-26/navajo-nation-approves-proposed-settlement-to-secure-colorado-river-water he Navajo Nation Council has unanimously approved a proposed water rights settlement that carries a price tag larger than any such agreement enacted by Congress. The tribe has one of the largest single outstanding claims in the Colorado River basin, and Thursday's vote marks one of many approvals needed to finalize a deal that has been years in the making. Aside from ensuring water deliveries for the Navajo, Hopi and San Juan Southern Paiute tribes, the settlement also provides some certainty over the Colorado River supply in a state that has been forced to cut back on water use. Sun, 26 May 2024 12:00:00 GMT /news/2024-05-26/navajo-nation-approves-proposed-settlement-to-secure-colorado-river-water The Associated Press /news/2024-05-14/proposed-settlement-is-first-step-in-securing-colorado-river-water-for-3-native-american-tribes A proposed water rights settlement for three Native American tribes in Arizona has taken a significant step forward with introduction in the Navajo Nation Council. It's the first of many approvals needed to finalize a deal that's been decades in the making. Tue, 14 May 2024 15:08:58 GMT /news/2024-05-14/proposed-settlement-is-first-step-in-securing-colorado-river-water-for-3-native-american-tribes Felicia Fonseca, Associated Press /regional-news/2024-03-02/climate-change-cost-and-competition-for-water-drive-settlement-over-tribal-rights-to-colorado-river A Native American tribe with one of the largest outstanding claims to water in the Colorado River basin is closing in on a settlement. Sat, 02 Mar 2024 13:22:00 GMT /regional-news/2024-03-02/climate-change-cost-and-competition-for-water-drive-settlement-over-tribal-rights-to-colorado-river Felicia Fonseca and Suman Naishadham, Associated Press /2024-03-01/tribes-hope-investing-in-alternative-energy-sources-helps-supercharge-their-economy Attendees at the Tribal Clean Energy Summit in California this week discussed hydropower, solar projects, and other alternative energy projects that are taking place on Tribal lands. Fri, 01 Mar 2024 18:46:40 GMT /2024-03-01/tribes-hope-investing-in-alternative-energy-sources-helps-supercharge-their-economy Yvette Fernandez /news/2024-02-16/federal-energy-regulators-deny-permits-for-a-controversial-project-on-the-navajo-nation The hydropower company Nature and People First had proposed a "pumped storage" project in the Black Mesa area. Indigenous advocates are celebrating the decision by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Fri, 16 Feb 2024 21:26:05 GMT /news/2024-02-16/federal-energy-regulators-deny-permits-for-a-controversial-project-on-the-navajo-nation Alex Hager