10+ hour, 47+ min ago  (467+ words) A proposed federal rule could limit the ability of tribes to challenge early-stage hydropower projects, raising concerns among Navajo community groups about renewed development pressure on Black Mesa, a Navajo Nation region long shaped by coal mining. The change stems…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (653+ words) A sweeping water-rights settlement for northeastern Arizona won unified tribal support at a Senate oversight hearing Wednesday, even as the Department of the Interior warned Congress the $5 billion plan may exceed available federal funding." The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs…...