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Sipaulovi Village Celebrates Suvoyuki Days
Author: Staff • Date: July 2, 2008

SIPAULOVI VILLAGE CELEBRATES SUVOYUKI DAYS

Sunday, July 13, 2008, from 6:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at

SIPAULOVI VILLAGE, SECOND

Piestewa Peak name stands, federal board gives OK
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.

 

Send a letter to the U.S. Board on Geographic Names to support Piestewa Peak name
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

Hopi Vice Chairman Honyaoma, Sr. Resigns
Author: Hopi Office • Date: February 14, 2008

Hopi Tribal Council Members Resign
Author: Hopi Tribal Office • Date: February 14, 2008

Navajo President announces $140 million to be earned over 18 years from auction of gaming devices
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

NCAI President Joe A. Garcia gives State of Indian Nation
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

Hopi Chairman reaffirmed as Official Chairman
Author: Hopi Tirbal Office • Date: February 6, 2008

Kykotsmovi, AZ.  (January 25, 2008.)  On January 23, 2008 the Hopi Tribal Appellate Court ruled reaffirming the trial court’s order.  “This case is over.  We need to get on with the real work of running the Tribe and serving the Hopi and Tewa people.” said Chairman Nuvamsa.    The Appellants in the case of Nuvamsa vs. Honyaoma, Sr. filed their notice of appeal on September 14, 2007

American Indian Student Artists Shine at one-of-a-kind show at Heard Museum
Author: Staff • Date: February 6, 2008

Sale Benefits Student Artists                     

WHAT: Heard Museum Guild American Indian Student Art Show & Sale

Young Navajo Woman says Science Needs More Native Americans
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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