ArizonaGrand Canyon Skywalk
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County board to weigh in on Grand Canyon Skywalk road dispute
(6/17/2013)
(Arizona) -- A Mohave County board is scheduled to weigh in on a dispute over a main road to the Grand Canyon Skywalk.
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Tourists regain access to Grand Canyon Skywalk
(6/15/2013)
(Arizona) -- Tourists who had been denied access on the main road to the Grand Canyon Skywalk now have a way to get to the glass bridge, be it through a bypass route or...
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Bypass road to Skywalk should open today
(6/11/2013)
(Arizona) -- A dirt road bypassing a roadblock on Diamond Bar Road should be open by this afternoon, re-establishing a route to the Grand Canyon Skywalk that has been...
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Tourists regain access to Grand Canyon Skywalk as tribe, rancher clash over paving project
(6/11/2013)
(Arizona) -- Tourists who were denied access on the main road to the Grand Canyon Skywalk for about a week now have a way to get to the glass bridge, be it through a...
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Dude rancher blocks Grand Canyon road
(6/9/2013)
(Arizona) -- A dude rancher who grew up watching John Wayne movies in England is starring in his own Old West standoff with an Arizona sheriff and an Indian tribe over...
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Kirkpatrick asks BLM to help with 'Skywalk' bypass
(6/8/2013)
(Arizona) -- U.S. Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick asked federal officials Friday to help an Arizona American Indian tribe with plans to build a "bypass" road to the Grand...
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Hualapai ask for new Skywalk road to bypass roadblock
(6/7/2013)
(Arizona) -- In order to route tourists around a roadblock obstructing a road to the Grand Canyon Skywalk, the Hualapai Tribe wants the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to...
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Arizona rancher jailed in dispute over Grand Canyon Skywalk access
(6/5/2013)
(Arizona) -- The man who incurred the wrath of the Hualapai Indian tribe and many tourists by charging a toll to reach the Skywalk Grand Canyon West attraction over the...
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Man arrested in dispute over road to Hualapai Tribe's Skywalk
(6/5/2013)
(Arizona) -- A non-Indian rancher who has been charging a toll on a road that leads to the Hualapai Reservation in Arizona was arrested on Tuesday.
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Property owner accused of threatening workers
(6/5/2013)
(Arizona) -- The guest ranch owner who imposed a toll on tourists traveling to the Grand Canyon West and the Skywalk was arrested Tuesday afternoon shortly after...
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Rancher fights tribe, BLM over access to Canyon attraction
(6/5/2013)
(Arizona) -- A dude-ranch owner said he’ll reopen a road passing through his land to tourist traffic today, a day after he barricaded one of the only routes to...
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Skywalk road closure brings complaint by Las Vegas tourism bus company
(6/5/2013)
(Arizona) -- There’s something about a rocky old country road that doesn’t make good neighbors, especially if it runs straight into the Grand Canyon’s...
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Grand Canyon Skywalk: Mediation talks fail in SkyWalk dispute; tribe may create temporary road
(5/31/2013)
(Arizona) -- An attempt to resolve a dispute over paving the road to the Grand Canyon Skywalk has failed. Ranch owner Nigel Turner wants assurances that the project on...
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Mediation fails in dispute over road to Skywalk
(5/31/2013)
(Arizona) -- A daylong attempt to resolve a dispute over paving the road to the Grand Canyon Skywalk ended without an agreement.
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Protesters decry fee on road leading to Skywalk
(5/30/2013)
(Arizona) -- Tourists heading to the Grand Canyon Skywalk have driven through Nigel Turner's ranch for years. Up until this past weekend, they haven't had to pay...
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Editorial: No end in sight for Skywalk troubles
(5/28/2013)
(Arizona) -- If you want to look straight down at one of the Seven Wonders of the World, be sure to take a wallet full of cash.
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Hualapai Claim Victory in Latest Skywalk Court Round
(5/21/2013)
(Arizona) -- In ongoing court battles over the right to manage the world-famous Grand Canyon Skywalk, the Hualapai Tribe claims victory in the latest round. But it...
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Supreme Court
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Supreme Court sides with tribes in Arizona voting rights case
(6/17/2013)
(Arizona) -- The U.S. Supreme Court sided with tribal interests today in Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, a voting rights case.
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Code Talkers
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Navajo Code Talker Milton Gishal Passes – Second Code Talker during this Past Week
(6/16/2013)
(Arizona) -- Navajo President Ben Shelly's office announced the passing of Navajo Code Talker Milton Gishal, who died on June 8 in Farmington, New Mexico. Mr. Gishal...
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Navajo Nation Mourns the Passing of Two Code Talkers
(6/15/2013)
(Arizona) -- Yesterday, Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly commemorated the passing of two Navajo Code Talkers who were laid to rest earlier this week. In addition, he...
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Indian Country Mourns Loss of Navajo Code Talker King Fowler
(6/12/2013)
(Arizona) -- The Navajo Nation - and Indian country - mourn the loss of heroic Navajo Code Talker King Fowler.
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Glendale Casino
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Tohono O'odham Nation awaits decision in casino litigation
(6/15/2013)
(Arizona) -- The Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona awaits another ruling in a lawsuit that challenges its proposed off-reservation casino.
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Tohono O’odham awaits decision from federal judge
(6/12/2013)
(Arizona) -- It has now been two weeks since Federal District Court Judge David Campbell received supplemental briefs and responses to each from the plaintiffs and...
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Contract law a focus in West Valley casino legal flap
(6/4/2013)
(Arizona) -- Judge David Campbell might be nearing the end of the road on the case between the Tohono O’odham Nation, the state and two other Valley tribes, but he...
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Arizona Tribe Nearing Victory In Glendale Casino Battle [sub req'd]
(5/28/2013)
(Arizona) -- The Tohono O’odham Indian Nation is apparently close to winning its nearly four-year legal, political and public relations battle to build a...
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Ninth Circuit Demands Interior Explain Glendale Trust Gaming Decision
(5/28/2013)
(Arizona) -- The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has required the Secretary of the Interior to reconsider a decision to accept an unincorporated parcel...
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Surprise City Council lends support to proposed casino
(5/28/2013)
(Arizona) -- The Surprise City Council has thrown its support behind a controversial proposed tribal casino near Glendale. The Tohono O’odham Nation has spent four...
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State officials fight for trial in casino case
(5/22/2013)
(Arizona) -- State officials say a recent court ruling that allows the Tohono O'odham Nation to build a sprawling casino near Phoenix is improper.
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State officials fight for trial in casino case
(5/22/2013)
(Arizona) -- A ruling that allows the Tohono O'odham Nation to build a sprawling, Las Vegas-style casino in suburban Phoenix is improper because it is based on an...
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Appeals court issues ruling on proposed Tohono O'odham casino
(5/21/2013)
(Arizona) -- The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals says there’s still an unresolved question about whether a southern Arizona tribe was rightfully awarded...
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U.S. Court of Appeals Decision Favors Tohono O'odham Nation but Requires Feds to Better Explain Decision to Approve West Valley Reservation
(5/21/2013)
(Arizona) -- If you're keeping score in the Tohono O'odham Nation's epic -- and seemingly endless -- battle against state and local officials to build a...
10 Total Articles on this Issue
Grand Canyon Escalade
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Native Sun News: Opposition to Grand Canyon tourist project
(6/10/2013)
(Arizona) -- Confluence Partners, LLC of Tucson, Arizona hopes to build a museum, restaurant and walking path at the Grand Canyon with a gondola connecting the rim to...
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Mining & Drilling
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Tribes, Enviros Fight Uranium Mining Near Grand Canyon
(6/4/2013)
(Arizona) -- Mineral experts say the land surrounding the Grand Canyon contains some of the richest uranium ore deposits in the country. Countries like India and China...
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Wate Mining company blocked by the Navajo Nation
(5/29/2013)
(Arizona) -- The Navajo Nation Justice department blocked Wate Mining Co. L.L.C from transporting uranium through the reservation, a dark past that is trying to reemerge...
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Navajo plans to block access for uranium transport
(5/27/2013)
(Arizona) -- A uranium mining company seeking a mineral lease on state land in northwestern Arizona could have a hard time transporting the ore off-site because of the...
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Native Americans mined variety of minerals early on
(5/21/2013)
(Arizona) -- Arizona has a rich history involving aboriginal mining, sometimes digging for minerals and other times scouring the Earth's surface.
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Poker Tournament
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Tucson Poker Update: Locals Off To Good Start at WSOP
(6/3/2013)
(Arizona) -- The 44th annual World Series of Poker began on Wednesday in Las Vegas, and already it's lining up as a strong showing by poker players with local ties.
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Native Voices
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OP/ED: What Affects Cameron, Arizona Is My Concern
(6/2/2013)
(Arizona) -- I am writing as a traditional Navajo, mother, veteran, Chapter house voter for Cameron and as a newly elected Arizona State Representative of Legislative...
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PESHLAKAI: What Affects Cameron, Arizona Is My Concern
(5/30/2013)
(Arizona) -- I am writing as a traditional Navajo, mother, veteran, Chapter house voter for Cameron and as a newly elected Arizona State Representative of Legislative...
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Navajo Casino
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Navajo Nation needs to approve liquor sales on the reservation
(5/30/2013)
(Arizona) -- The Navajo Nation is struggling with the idea of allowing liquor onto the casino floor of their newest edition, the Twin Arrows Casino and Resort.
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Officials: Though short staffed, Twin Arrows has 'reliable service, good food'
(5/30/2013)
(Arizona) -- Though the exact figures could not be released on income during Twin Arrows Navajo Casino Resort's first weekend in operation, CEO of the Navajo Gaming...
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Flagstaff enter casino era
(5/28/2013)
(Arizona) -- On the one hand, Flagstaff businesses and agencies just lost at least 200 employees to Twin Arrows Resort Casino. But on the other, those are 200 new jobs...
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Twin Arrows Casino and Resort opens Memorial Day weekend on Navajo Nation
(5/28/2013)
(Arizona) -- Twin Arrows Navajo Casino Resort, located along I-40, exit 219, just east of Flagstaff, opened May 24 and grand opening events throughout Memorial weekend...
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Twin Arrows Navajo Resort & Casino Opens Its Doors
(5/27/2013)
(Arizona) -- It took five years and $230 million, but Twin Arrows Navajo Resort and Casino in Arizona is now officially up and running with a Ya at eeh greeting to those...
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Editorial: New resort casino unlikely to have big impact
(5/26/2013)
(Arizona) -- Casino gaming, like most everything else in life, benefits from moderation. No one wants to see the family savings turned over to a blackjack dealer, and...
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1st Navajo casino in Arizona opens / $230 mil venue expected to draw residents, tourists
(5/24/2013)
(Arizona) -- With a traditional invocation in its tribal language and the snip of oversized golden scissors, the Navajo Nation on Friday officially joined Arizona’...
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Navajo Nation officially opens Twin Arrows Casino
(5/24/2013)
(Arizona) -- On a bright Friday morning, the Navajo Nation officially kicked off their new Casino resort in northern Arizona. Navajo Gaming Enterprise CEO Derrick...
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Officials: Twin Arrows to offer four-star experience
(5/23/2013)
(Arizona) -- As officials for the Navajo Nation Gaming Enterprise prepared for the grand opening of the new Twin Arrows Navajo Casino Resort tomorrow, May 24, members of...
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Twin Arrows Casino to have a $429 Presidential suite
(5/23/2013)
(Arizona) -- The new Casino boss, Derrick Watchman said the Navajo Nation spent $200 Million on the 4 star style luxury resort in northern Arizona.
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Public Smoking
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Navajo President Shelly celebrates non-smoking initiative award
(5/22/2013)
(Arizona) -- On Tuesday, Navajo President Ben Shelly accepted an award at the 2013 Symposium held by the PHS Commissioned Officers Foundation for the Advancement of...
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Other News
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Native Americans prepare to defend homelands, walk across America
(6/18/2013)
(Arizona) -- Native Americans focused on defending their homelands and upholding the Rights of Nature during June, as they prepared for non-violent resistance to the...
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Hopi Carver Gerry Quotskuyva: 'Art Is a Responsibility'
(6/18/2013)
(Arizona) -- Often referred to as the Michaelangelo of Hopi carvers, Gerry Quotskuyva (Hopi Bear Strap Clan with Yaqui and Hispanic heritage) says “it’s...
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Johnny Depp, the 'Indian': Is He or Isn't He?
(6/18/2013)
(Arizona) -- As The Lone Ranger heads for the big screen this summer, many Native Americans are questioning Disney’s campaign to court their approval.
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NAVAJO NATION PRESIDENT: ‘Some of us need to step aside and let the young people come up’
(6/17/2013)
(Arizona) -- During a meeting with Tribal leaders from around the U.S. on Tuesday, the Navajo President urged leaders to give their youth a chance to get into Tribal...
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Lori Piestewa National Native American Games
(6/17/2013)
(Arizona) -- Calls are pouring in from all across the nation for athletes to compete in the 12th Annual Lori Piestewa National Native American Games, the nations largest...
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Lawmakers press IHS to confront HIV/AIDS on Navajo Nation
(6/16/2013)
(Arizona) -- Lawmakers whose districts include the Navajo Nation are urging the Indian Health Service to confront a rise in HIV cases on the reservation.
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O.C. man helps, bungles, learns in Navajo world
(6/16/2013)
(Arizona) -- The wind rips across this harsh, yellow land, sand blasting anything in its path. Dust gets between your teeth. Your eyes water. The slow burn from the sun...
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Starting With a Prayer and a Dream: Building New Paths in Navajo Nation
(6/15/2013)
(Arizona) -- A prayer and a dream. That’s what builds a new path or will take you to new heights--literally. Case in point: Navajo Nation Park Manager Helen...
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Kirkpatrick visits Yavapai-Apache Nation
(6/15/2013)
(Arizona) -- The Yavapai-Apache Nation hosted Arizona Congresswoman Ann Kirkpatrick on June 8 in the Clarkdale tribal community.
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Locals celebrate paving of Béésh Haagééd góó 'atiin
(6/14/2013)
(Arizona) -- A Navajo Route 20 groundbreaking ceremony, held by the Arizona Department of Transportation and the Navajo Division of Transportation, took place on Sunday...
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Tribe hopes land withdrawal will spur economic development
(6/14/2013)
(Arizona) -- Navajo Nation officials are hoping that the decision this week to withdraw 4.43 acres of land within the community for economic development will spur a...
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Wild Horse Pass Development Authority moving forward
(6/14/2013)
(Arizona) -- The Wild Horse Pass Development Authority has more than 2,700 acres of land to develop surrounding Wild Horse Pass Hotel and Casino and while there is no...
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Tribes seek to join immigration reform debate
(6/14/2013)
(Arizona) -- As border enforcement increased to the east and to the west of the Tohono O'odham Nation in the mid-to-late 1990s, so did the number of people and drugs...
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Food experts: summit aimed at preventing extinction of tribe
(6/14/2013)
(Arizona) -- The goal of the 2013 Navajo Food and Wellness Policy Summit is to develop a comprehensive food policy that will ensure the Navajo people survive 5,000 years...
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Ben Shelly, President of the Navajo Nation
(6/13/2013)
(Arizona) -- In the interview series Meet Native America, the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian invites tribal leaders, cultural figures, and other...
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School, YAN converge over grant money
(6/13/2013)
(Arizona) -- Ron Romero resigned last month. That has left a school district and a Native American community with a quandary and an opportunity.
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Motion seeks dismissals from Navajo fraud case
(6/12/2013)
(Arizona) -- Prosecutors overseeing a fraud case on the Navajo Nation have asked a tribal judge to dismiss more defendants from a civil complaint.
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Navajo Nation Wireless Internet Almost Here
(6/11/2013)
(Arizona) -- In 2008, NTUA received a $32M grant from the Federal government, the Dept. of Commerce to be exact. Since then, the tribal utility company is on track in...
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Paving work begins on Navajo Route 20
(6/11/2013)
(Arizona) -- After months of planning and negotiations, paving will begin this week on Navajo Route 20, making it easier for visitors and locals alike to travel to Page...
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Hopi Arts Trail connects visitors to Hopi culture
(6/11/2013)
(Arizona) -- The Hopi Arts Trail is not a literal trail but a way for visitors to connect with artists along the Hopi mesas. Hopi based artists, galleries and tour...
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