WASHINGTON — Amanda Blackhorse is outraged when she thinks of the Washington Redskins, a team whose name and mascot are deeply offensive to the Navajo woman.

FLAGSTAFF — Arizona tribal members say they're shocked by a television sitcom that made fun of one of the most pervasive social ills on American Indian reservations — alcoholism.

Get a glimpse at the traditions and cultures of the Native American nations that span the Southwest during the 11th season of Native Trails.

Growing up, they had been told not to speak their language, but as young soldiers in a country at war, men like Charles Chibitty and Teddy Draper, Sr., found their words were their mightiest weapons.

Second Mesa • A road trip to the Four Corners region of the Southwest offers a window into Native American culture, from ruins older than any other man-made structure in the U.S., to glimpses of contemporary life amid the Navajo and Hopi.

WASHINGTON – The decades of compacts, laws, contracts and regulatory guidelines that are supposed to manage bordering states’ use of the Colorado River have come to be known collectively as the “Law of the River.”

SEATTLE— Gyasi Ross grew up decades after the "Lone Ranger" aired on TV, but his friends would still call him "Tonto" when they teased him.

McDonald’s restaurants throughout the Valley and northern Arizona will host “backpack Saturday” 8 a.m. July 28, giving away 20,000 backpacks and helping thousands of children prepare for school.

You’ve probably seen Native American pottery, textiles, dolls or jewelry. But you may have never seen this: photographs from contemporary Navajo photographers capturing unvarnished moments of American Indian life.

What do you know about the Grand Canyon?

There are a number of popular films that feature food in their titles: “Mystic Pizza,” “Fried Green Tomatoes,” “American Pie.” But frybread?

There are a number of popular films that feature food in their titles: "Mystic Pizza," "Fried Green Tomatoes," "American Pie." But frybread?

FLAGSTAFF -- Keith Little, one of the most recognizable faces of the Navajo Code Talkers, has died.

Saying what was taken from its lands belongs to it, the nation's largest Native American tribe wants to force the National Park Service to return and rebury the human remains exhumed in prior years from Canyon de Chelly.

PHOENIX — The final division of the state’s nine congressional districts could come down to who gets to represent residents of Tucson’s northern suburbs and Cochise County.

PHOENIX — The final division of the state’s nine congressional districts could come down to who gets to represent residents of Tucson’s northern suburbs and Cochise County.

PHOENIX — The final division of the state’s nine congressional districts could come down to who gets to represent residents of Tucson’s northern suburbs and Cochise County.

Pow-wow and traditional dancers in colorful costumes will be joined by singers representing diverse Native American traditions and cultures at a two-day dance celebration Nov. 12-13 at Mesa Arts Center Piper Theater, One E. Main St. Saturday's event begins at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday's starts at 3 p.m.

WASHINGTON – A bill to legalize Internet gambling might take little, if any, of the nearly $2 billion Arizona’s tribal casinos gross annually, experts say – but that does not mean that tribes don’t have concerns.

A parade of witnesses urged lawmakers Monday to recall at least one -- if not all five -- members of the Independent Redistricting Commission and start the mapping process over again from scratch.

A parade of witnesses urged lawmakers Monday to recall at least one -- if not all five -- members of the Independent Redistricting Commission and start the mapping process over again from scratch.

FLAGSTAFF — Urban Outfitters has removed the word "Navajo" from product names on its website in the wake of criticism from the Navajo Nation government, bloggers and others, who viewed the usage as disrespectful and a trademark violation.

When Sasha Houston Brown walked into an Urban Outfitters store in Minneapolis recently, what she found created possible legal trouble for the hipster clothing chain.