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Tribal officials and representatives from the 14 organizations that received a grant through the Pascua Yaqui Tribe's gaming contributions pose September 16, 2019, with a check for the total amount donated to the organizations.

Pascua Yaqui Tribe distributes gaming funds to community groups

The grants represent a percentage of its contribution to the state through its tribal gaming compact with the state.
Bison in a corral on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon, September 2019.

31 bison from Grand Canyon sent to Oklahoma tribe

Park officials say the hundreds of bison at the park are harming water sources and the landscape.
Construction on new border wall fencing at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in September, 2019.

Park Service: New border wall will threaten critical archaeological sites

A report by the agency details impacted sites in Arizona's Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument.
Image of the brain created from data generated by functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI).

Diné College, UA to train future neuroscientists

Native Americans are one of the most underrepresented groups in biomedical sciences, according to the NIH.
A dispensary employee weighing and portioning marijuana.

Exploring the science behind medical marijuana

Also on Arizona Spotlight: Criminal justice employees see what life is like after prison, how to pronounce Tohono O'odham, and a look at "Voices of Vail."
Pascua Yaqui Chairman Robert Valencia.

Pascua Yaqui Tribe, Tucson move to put piece of land in trust

The tribe hopes the federal government will approve several acres near Old Pascua Village.
Pointe Hilton Squaw Peak Resort.

Owner of Pointe Hilton Squaw Peak Resort says it's changing the resort's name

The announcement came during a labor union event in which attendees objected to the use an offensive word.
A sign for the Indian Health Service.

Report: US Native American health agency at crossroads

The Indian Health Service has been plagued with problems standing in the way of delivering health care.
The campus of Northern Arizona University, in Flagstaff.

NAU establishes criminal justice degree focusing on Indian Country

Students can enroll in the online degree now to learn about criminal justice on tribal lands.
Red dresses representing missing and murdered Indigenous women, displayed at the Verna N. Enos Toka Field on the Tohono O'odham Nation, 2018.

Ducey signs bill to investigate missing, murdered Indigenous women

Legislation passed in May established a task force to be made up of tribal leaders, victims advocates, tribal police and social workers.
An aerial mock-up of what the Pascua Yaqui Health Services Center II will look like.

Pascua Yaqui Tribe starts building new health services center

The building will centralize specialty clinics and other social services available to tribal members.
Members of the Pascua Yaqui Boys and Girls Club.

Pascua Yaqui Tribe receives funding to build new youth facility

The Boys and Girls Club will double in size and be near behavioral health programs and recreation opportunities.
A farm in the village of Supai, in the Havasupai reservation in the Grand Canyon.

County explores using drone to carry vote tallies from tribal land

The drone might be used get vote tallies out of remote Havasupai land, deep within the Grand Canyon.
Chairman Ned Norris Jr. and Vice Chairwoman Wavalene Saunders close out their inauguration with a Tohono O'odham song, Friday, July 19, 2019.

Tohono O'odham Nation inaugurates leadership

Ned Norris Jr. and Wavalene Saunders had previously served as chairman and vice chairwoman.
Vehicle barriers form the border west of Sonoyta, Sonora, south of Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument.

Tohono O'odham group: Border wall would block sacred pilgrimage

Proposed bollard-style fencing would cut through the route used by the Tohono O'odham for their Salt Pilgrimage.
Madonna Thunderhawk and her daughter, Marcy Gilbert, at Standing Rock 2017. The pair were featured in "Warrior Women," a film about the women of the American Indian Movement in the '60s and '70s.

Arizona Spotlight for July 18th, 2019

Flagstaff Red Screen Film Festival presents indigenous stories for all to see; Retired astronaut Mark Kelly reflects on the 50th anniversary of the moon landing; and a Spotlight Session from Heather Hardy & Alvin Blaine.

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