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Number of Navajo Nation deaths tied to COVID-19 reaches 500

Number of Navajo Nation deaths tied to COVID-19 reaches 500

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Navajo Nation health officials say the confirmation of a new death brings the number of fatalities from coronavirus to 500. The Navajo Nation on Friday night reported the additional death as well as 14 more confirmed cases of COVID-19. That brings the total number of […]

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Abandoned mines’ threat to drinking water remains unknown

Abandoned mines’ threat to drinking water remains unknown

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — There are hundreds of thousands of abandoned hard rock mining sites or features scattered throughout the West, and federal and state officials are nowhere close to identifying those that potentially pose a hazard to drinking water. The Gold King Mine spill in Colorado, which released […]

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Navajo Nation wants more say over criminal justice matters

Navajo Nation wants more say over criminal justice matters

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Shortly after the only Native American man on federal death row took his last breath, his tribe blasted the federal government and accused it of violating the spirit of a law that allows tribes to decide whether to subject their citizens to capital punishment. Lezmond Mitchell, […]

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Navajo Nation reports 14 new COVID-19 cases, 4 more deaths

Navajo Nation reports 14 new COVID-19 cases, 4 more deaths

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Navajo Nation health officials have reported 14 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 with four additional deaths. That brings the total number of people infected to 9,597 with the known death toll now at 498 as of Wednesday night. Navajo Department of Health officials said 93,135 […]

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Navajo Nation reports 10 new COVID-19 cases and 1 more death

Navajo Nation reports 10 new COVID-19 cases and 1 more death

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Navajo Nation health officials have reported 10 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 with one additional death. That brings the total number of people infected to 9,557 with the known death toll now at 494 as of Monday night. Navajo Department of Health officials said 92,358 […]

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Navajo Nation reports no new COVID-19 deaths, 12 more cases

Navajo Nation reports no new COVID-19 deaths, 12 more cases

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Navajo Nation health officials have reported a dozen new confirmed cases of COVID-19 but no additional deaths. That brings the total number of people infected to 9,547 with the known death toll still at 493 as of Sunday night as another 32-hour lockdown on the […]

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Navajo Nation reports 14 new COVID-19 cases, 4 more deaths

Navajo Nation reports 14 new COVID-19 cases, 4 more deaths

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Navajo Nation health officials have reported 14 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and four additional deaths. That brings the total number of people infected to 9,545 with the known death toll at 493 as of Saturday night as the reservation began another 32-hour lockdown that […]

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Execution of Native American man stirs emotion within tribe

Execution of Native American man stirs emotion within tribe

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Late on a fall evening in 2001, Alyce Slim and her granddaughter stopped at a gas station on the Navajo Nation after searching for a traditional healer for leg ailments. There, in an area where hitchhiking is common, Slim agreed to give two males a ride. […]

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Navajo Nation reports 14 new coronavirus cases and no deaths

Navajo Nation reports 14 new coronavirus cases and no deaths

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Navajo Nation health officials have reported 14 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 but no additional deaths. That brings the total number of people infected to 9,500 with the known death toll still at 484 as of Wednesday. Navajo Department of Health officials said 90,064 people […]

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Navajo man on federal death row seeks stay of execution

Navajo man on federal death row seeks stay of execution

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The only Native American on federal death row is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to put his execution on hold while he seeks review of a lower court decision over potential racial bias in his case. It’s rare but not unheard of for the high court […]

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