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Mud, Straw, Sweat: Traditional Adobe Builds the Future

Adobe as building material is back, focus of native cultural development group.

How 'Finding Nemo' Helps Navajo Kids Connect with Native Tongue

Also on Arizona Spotlight: How changes to campaign finance laws may change Arizona's politics; StoryCorps; and "A Book I LOve".

Finding Navajo: Movie Helps Kids Preserve Native Tongue

'Finding Nemo' in Navajo is one way nation works to preserve heritage.

Gabriel's Corner of Tucson: 'Where else can you put your feet up and relax?'

Dímelo has a dispatch from the southwest side of Tucson

Tohono O'odham's San Miguel Border Gate May Be Closing

Access to ancestral lands on both sides of line may be at an end.

Court Rules in Favor of Tohono O’odham Casino in Glendale

US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals allows gaming at site state officials have opposed.

Tohono O'odham Find Common Ground with Border Patrol

Partnership has brought increased security and new technology to the nation.

Graffiti Art at State Museum Shows Evolving Culture

Native nations are not "frozen in the past" and youth create modern art to prove it.

Bill Would Reform Mining Law, Make Companies Clean Up

Instead of taxpayers paying to clean up mine sites, burden would fall to companies

Fake Indian Jewelry Sales Net Three Arrests in New Mexico

Albuquerque shop owner, employee, wholesaler charged under indian Arts and Crafts Act.

Bill to Stop Tohono O'odham's Glendale Casino Delayed

Attempted quick vote to keep tribe from opening facility is put off.

Tohono O’Odham Nation Sues State to Open Casino

Tribe claims Ducey, others blocking certification of Glendale facility already being built.

Loss of Navajo Language Reveals Cultural Shift

Referendum allows non-Navajo speaker to be president

National Park Service Turns 99, Centennial Celebration Begins

Service oversees hundreds of parks and monuments across the country.

Navajo Farmers Lose Irrigation after Mine Waste Spill

Tribal authority has shut down supply for the rest of this season.

METRO WEEK: Native American Youth Desire Ties to Homeland

Plus: Some Indian charter schools struggling, new UA American Indian Studies degree.

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