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Arizona Sonoran News

Arizona Sonoran News

Student Newswire of The University of Arizona School of Journalism

Arizona Sonoran News

Tohono O’odham members and other southern tribe members hang a flag at the U.S.-Mexico border. Photo by Alejandaro Higuera.

For Native Americans, racism hits home

Sarah Covey November 15, 2017

  After over 500 years of broken treaties and forceful domination from European settlers and the U.S. government, Native Americans in Arizona today still face racism in the most intimate part...

Three researcher look over an abandoned mine on the Navajo Nation on Oct. 19, 2013. Uranium mining from the mid-1900s left over 500 unregulated mines scattered once mining stopped in 1986. 

Photo by David Begay

La contaminación de décadas de minería de uranio persiste en la tierra Navajo

Mar Ruiz April 4, 2017

En la tierra de la nación Navajo, el fantasma del pasado de la industria minera sigue persiguiendo a los nativos que viven ahí. Comenzó en la década de 1940 cuando las tierras navajo eran y siguen...

Contamination from decades of uranium mining lingers on Navajo land

Contamination from decades of uranium mining lingers on Navajo land

Lauren Renteria March 8, 2017

  On Navajo Nation land, the ghost of the mining industry’s past still haunts the native people who live there. It began in the 1940s when the Navajo land was — and still is — a...

Alray Nelson and his partner, Brennen Yonnie. Photo by Alray Nelson.

Navajo member fights for equality

Kendra Hall December 9, 2015

While many American citizens were busy celebrating on June 26, members of the Navajo Nation were not able to rejoice. For Navajo tribal members, same-sex marriage is not legal although it is now legal...

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