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A Hia-Ced O'odham protester sits inside a vehicle to block construction on a stretch of border wall going up in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument on Sept. 9, 2020.

Indigenous activists arrested in demonstration against border wall construction near Quitobaquito Springs

Two O'odham protesters were arrested for impeding construction in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument.
A Census Bureau plan to move up the deadline to end “enumeration,” the process of counting U.S. residents, from Oct. 31 to Sept. 30 was put on hold by a federal judge. Critics, including the Navajo and Gila River tribes, had sued to block the move, which they said would lead to an undercount, particularly for minority communities.

Judge halts plan to end Census early, as Arizona, tribal responses lag

The order said plaintiffs in the case had raised "serious questions" about the bureau's plan to stop counting.
Old Main on the University of Arizona campus.

New UA appointment tasked with Native American student achievement

Nathan Levi Esquerra will be the first to fill the new role.
Cracked mud flats appear on the surface of Quitobaquito pond on July 18, 2020.

Report highlights biodiversity loss at Quitobaquito during border wall construction

Borderland scientists say that with all the noise "neither the birds nor the bird watchers want to be at Quitobaquito right now."
Mission San Xavier del Bac.

GoFundMe campaign raises more than $20,000 for students at San Xavier Mission School

The money will be used to buy laptops for students in the Tohono O'odham Nation doing virtual learning.
A Pima County vote-by-mail envelope.

Navajo Nation residents sue Arizona over early ballot requirements

Six members of the Navajo Nation want a change in Arizona election law.
An Indigenous demonstrator shakes a rattle during the early morning protest in Coolidge on Aug. 26, 2020.

Indigenous activists protest wall contractor in Coolidge

Demonstrators gathered at Stinger Bridge & Iron to decry border wall construction across ancestral Indigenous border land.
The radio station in the Pascua Yaqui Tribe's reservation, which formerly housed the tribe's early voting site.

Pascua Yaqui Tribe continues effort to restore former early voting site

The site established in 2010 was closed down by the Pima County Recorder's Office about a month before the 2018 primary.
Arizona National Guard service member directs visitor traffic at COVID-19 testing site in Tonalea, Arizona, in the Navajo Nation May 19, 2020.

Stay-at-home order lifted as Navajo Nation starts reopening

Much of the Navajo Nation has been closed since March as the coronavirus swept through the reservation.
The Hopi Reservation in northeastern Arizona covers 2,532 square miles and is surrounded by the vast Navajo Nation Reservation. A UA program is working with seven clinics from the Navajo Nation and the Phoenix and Tucson areas to identify barriers to cancer screenings for Indigenous communities.

UA receives grant to improve access to cancer screenings in Indigenous communities

The program aims to identify why Indigenous people over 50 don't get screened for colorectal cancer as often their counterparts.
Demonstrators at the 2019 Tucson Women's March carry signs reading "MMIW" ("missing and murdered Indigenous women") and "no more stolen sisters."

Cold case office for missing and murdered Indigenous peoples opens in Phoenix

The office is one of seven connected to a national MMIP task force called Operation Lady Justice.
A special agent overlooks the Shiprock land formation on the Navajo Nation in New Mexico. The reservation, the largest in the country, is one of about 200 federally recognized Indian reservations where the FBI has investigative responsibilities.

Navajo Nation president asks for leniency for federal death row inmate

Lezmond Mitchell is the sole Native American under a federal death sentence in the United States.
The Cocopah and Quechan Indian tribes donated ventilators they received from the Strategic National Stockpile to Yuma Regional Medical Center during the COVID-19 pandemic May 14, 2020.

Yuma County tribes use messaging, testing to beat back COVID-19 amid surge

Fort Yuma Health Center said the start of the surge was "scary," but they were prepared.
Cracked mud flats appear on the surface of Quitobaquito pond on July 18, 2020.

Scientists: Border wall construction wreaking havoc at Quitobaquito Springs

More than two dozen ecologists, biologists and hydrologists say the desert oasis is in worse shape than ever.
A screenshot of a chart depicting the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths among Tohono O'odham members featured in the July 29, 2020, report from tribal leadership.

Tohono O'odham Nation hopes COVID-19 curve is flattening following spike

After instating another stay-at-home order, the nation says it has recently seen weekly numbers start to decrease.
Downtown Tucson, Oct, 23, 2019.

Daily news roundup: No new coronavirus deaths reported by state, impact of census strong in AZ

Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, July 25.

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