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| Author: Admin •
Date: June 15, 2009
WASHINGTON – Today (June 15, 2009), in taped remarks to the 2009 National Congress of American Indians Mid-Year Conference, President Barack Obama announced the appointment of Kimberly Teehee as Senior Policy Advisor for Native American Affairs. As a member of the Domestic Policy Council, Teehee will advise the President on issues impacting Indian Country. President Obama also announced that the White House will hold a Tribal Nations Conference later this fall.
“Kim Teehee will be a tremendous asset to
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| Author: Loren Tapahe •
Date: April 10, 2008
by Loren Tapahe Copyright: April 10, 2008 (April 10, 2008) In a vote of 11-2 the U.S. Board on Geographic Names approved to replace name Squaw Peak with Piestewa Peak. The vote took place Thursday, April 10, 2008 in Washington, D.C. after a mandatory five-year waiting period.
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| Author: staff •
Date: April 7, 2008
Please forward to all your email lists. We need your help. You must send/email your letters to the address below. We have just received word that the U.S. Board on Geographic Names will decide on April 10 whether to keep the derogatory name Squaw Peak, change it to Swilling Peak, or change it to Piestewa Peak. Up to now the name Piestewa Peak has been official only at the
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| Author: Navajo Press Office •
Date: February 6, 2008
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley, Jr., announced
this morning that the Navajo Nation has become the first Arizona tribe to
auction gaming devices and expects to raise more than $140 million over the
next 18 years.
During his first quarterly State of the Navajo Nation address of 2008 to the
Navajo Nation Council, the President said Arizona¹s three largest gaming
tribes bid on the Navajos¹ excess machines during the first pooling auction
held in Arizona last
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| Author: NCAI Office •
Date: February 6, 2008
Indian Leader pushes for financial literacy programs, praises cultural teaching in the classroom, promotes safer Native communities, and advocates for better health care
WASHINGTON—January 31, 2008—In the sixth annual State of Indian Nations Address at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) President Joe A. Garcia asked Indian Country to not think about what they are working for but
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| Author: Staff •
Date: February 6, 2008
Annette Pusher is no ordinary Navajo woman. But she is fighting to change that - she wants more Native American girls to follow the kind of path she has taken: college, graduate school, and ultimately, a PhD and career in science.
Annette is in her second year of a master's program in chemistry at Northern Arizona University. Growing up on the reservation in Bisti, NM this future would have seemed unlikely. The first in her family to go
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| Author: Loren Tapahe •
Date: July 26, 2006
Dear Readers: This is important, please read. I was interview by FOX 10 TV News on July 10, 2006 and by Channel 3 TV News on July 11th regarding a disturbing exhibit coming to the Arizona Science Center in January 2007. I was also quoted in an article in the Arizona Republic on July 11th.
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