Advertise with Googlier.com Tribe | Arizona Capitol Times https://azcapitoltimes.com Your Inside Source for Arizona Government, Politics and Business Tue, 24 Jan 2023 22:37:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.11 https://azcapitoltimes.com/files/2023/05/az17.jpg Tribe | Arizona Capitol Times https://azcapitoltimes.com 32 32 43761567 Hia-Ced O’odham seek federal recognition as tribe https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2023/01/24/hia-ced-oodham-seek-federal-recognition-as-tribe/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2023/01/24/hia-ced-oodham-seek-federal-recognition-as-tribe/#respond Tue, 24 Jan 2023 22:37:01 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=259833 In Arizona, 22 federally recognized tribes inhabit nearly every region of the state, according to the Arizona State Museum, but the Hia-Ced isn’t one of them. But some descendants of those four surviving families are working to change that. They’re researching the history of the Hia-Ced to prove their existence and distinctions and working to advocate for recognition with the federal government.

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]]> Lourdes “Lulu” Pereira is a student worker at the Labriola Center and the official archivist for the Hia-Ced Hemajkam LLC, which was established in 2015 to...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2023/01/24/hia-ced-oodham-seek-federal-recognition-as-tribe/feed/ 0 259833 Tribe: Arizona built border barrier against its wishes https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2022/09/02/tribe-arizona-built-border-barrier-against-its-wishes/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2022/09/02/tribe-arizona-built-border-barrier-against-its-wishes/#respond Fri, 02 Sep 2022 18:23:11 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=256355 The Cocopah Indian Tribe said Friday that the state of Arizona acted against its wishes by stacking shipping containers on its land to prevent illegal border crossings.

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]]> Border Patrol agents patrol along a line of shipping containers stacked near the border on Aug. 23, near Yuma, Ariz. The Cocopah Indian Tribe said on...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2022/09/02/tribe-arizona-built-border-barrier-against-its-wishes/feed/ 0 256355 Arizona Supreme Court limits right of tribes to intercede in adoption cases https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2017/06/13/arizona-supreme-court-limits-right-of-tribes-to-intercede-in-adoption-cases/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2017/06/13/arizona-supreme-court-limits-right-of-tribes-to-intercede-in-adoption-cases/#comments Tue, 13 Jun 2017 20:59:15 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=105826 In a unanimous decision, the justices rejected arguments by the Gila River Indian Community that Arizona court must transfer such cases to tribal courts. Writing for the court Chief Justice Scott Bales said while such transfer is permissive, it is not a right.

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]]> The ability of tribes to intercede in the adoption of Native American children not living on the reservation is limited and not absolute, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled today. In...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2017/06/13/arizona-supreme-court-limits-right-of-tribes-to-intercede-in-adoption-cases/feed/ 1 105826 Work for uranium mine near Grand Canyon hits pause https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/11/07/work-for-uranium-mine-near-arizona-grand-canyon-in-hits-pause/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/11/07/work-for-uranium-mine-near-arizona-grand-canyon-in-hits-pause/#comments Thu, 07 Nov 2013 14:52:40 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=64626 A uranium mining company that was sinking a shaft for a mine south of Grand Canyon National Park has put the work on hold, citing market conditions and the expense... […]

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]]> The Grand Canyon (Cronkite News Service Photo by Tara Alatorre) A uranium mining company that was sinking a shaft for a mine south of Grand Canyon...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/11/07/work-for-uranium-mine-near-arizona-grand-canyon-in-hits-pause/feed/ 1 64626 Navajo Nation parks open during federal shutdown https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/10/01/navajo-nation-parks-open-during-federal-government-shutdown/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/10/01/navajo-nation-parks-open-during-federal-government-shutdown/#respond Tue, 01 Oct 2013 20:26:07 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=63556 Navajo Nation officials say the tribe's parks aren't affected by the federal government shutdown.

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]]> Navajo Nation officials say the tribe’s parks aren’t affected by the federal government shutdown. Navajo Nation Parks and Recreation Department Manager Martin Begaye announced Tuesday that “all Navajo Nation tribal...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/10/01/navajo-nation-parks-open-during-federal-government-shutdown/feed/ 0 63556 Arizona ruling: Reach of sex offender law is limited https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/09/25/arizona-ruling-reach-of-sex-offender-law-is-limited/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/09/25/arizona-ruling-reach-of-sex-offender-law-is-limited/#respond Wed, 25 Sep 2013 15:36:25 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=63377 An Arizona appellate court has ruled that Native Americans living on tribal reservations generally can't be prosecuted under state law for failing to register as sex offenders.

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]]> An Arizona appellate court has ruled that Native Americans living on tribal reservations generally can’t be prosecuted under state law for failing to register as sex offenders. The state Court...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/09/25/arizona-ruling-reach-of-sex-offender-law-is-limited/feed/ 0 63377 Senator Carlyle Begay’s goal: to give a stronger voice to tribes https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/09/23/senator-carlyle-begays-goal-to-give-a-stronger-voice-to-tribes/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/09/23/senator-carlyle-begays-goal-to-give-a-stronger-voice-to-tribes/#respond Mon, 23 Sep 2013 15:20:51 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=63277 The newest senator from northern Arizona brings a different perspective to the Senate, one that is in large part guided by an upbringing as a Navajo and the unique needs of the state’s rural areas.

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]]> Newly sworn-inLD7 Sen. Carlyle Begay, D-Ganado. (Photo by Jim Small / Arizona Capitol Times.) The newest senator from northern Arizona brings a different perspective to the...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/09/23/senator-carlyle-begays-goal-to-give-a-stronger-voice-to-tribes/feed/ 0 63277 Navajo Nation erases $22M budget deficit https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2011/08/23/navajo-nation-erases-22m-budget-deficit/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2011/08/23/navajo-nation-erases-22m-budget-deficit/#respond Tue, 23 Aug 2011 18:11:07 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/news/2011/08/23/navajo-nation-erases-22m-budget-deficit/ The Navajo Nation has erased what once was a more than $22 million budget deficit.

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]]> The Navajo Nation has erased what once was a more than $22 million budget deficit. Tribal Council Budget and Finance Chairman LoRenzo Bates says tribal officials had expected to make...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2011/08/23/navajo-nation-erases-22m-budget-deficit/feed/ 0 38749 Navajo VP charged in slush fund investigation https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2010/10/21/navajo-vp-charged-in-slush-fund-investigation/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2010/10/21/navajo-vp-charged-in-slush-fund-investigation/#comments Thu, 21 Oct 2010 19:58:39 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=30547 A Navajo presidential candidate and his running mate are among tribal officials charged in an investigation of slush funds.

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]]> [caption id="attachment_30548" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="This Sept. 11, 2010 photo shows Ben Shelly sitting among a crowd awaiting results of the Miss Navajo Nation pageant in Window Rock, Ariz. Shelly is...

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