Corn goes back to their very creation story. As the Hopi people emerged into this world, the Creator gave them three things: a gourd of water, a planting stick and a short ear of blue corn.
“And he... Read Original Story
One hundred years ago this Thanksgiving Day, the Colorado River Commission signed the Colorado River Compact at Bishop’s Lodge in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The commission included delegates from the... Read Original Story
The Kayenta Mine Complex on tribal lands in northeastern Arizona once supplied the coal that lit up homes in Los Angeles and pumped water to Phoenix. The mine closed in 2019, and now Navajo and Hopi... Read Original Story
Indian Garden at Grand Canyon National Park will now be named Havasupai Gardens.
National Park Service officials say the U.S. Board of Geographic Names unanimously approved the name change earlier... Read Original Story
This is canyon country, a landscape defined by the forces of nature that have carved their way through the red sandstone for millions of years and still continue to perform their work. The human... Read Original Story
In early November, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a case brought by the Navajo Nation that could have far-reaching impacts on tribal water rights in the Colorado River Basin. In its suit, the... Read Original Story
Two decades of the Southwest megadrought have marked Arizona’s driest period in 1,200 years.
With climate change in full swing, greenhouse emissions well above pledged targets and the state facing... Read Original Story
There's something humbling about stepping inside the 100 Acre Wood known as Pando. A forest of aspen trees with an interconnected root system in central Utah. It's one of the world's largest and... Read Original Story