Indian Country:

Protect voting rights in Arizona
Voter suppression bills were drafted to make it harder for our communities to vote. We will stop them
LENORA FULTON

In 2020, the people of Arizona spoke loud and clear with their vote. Arizonans in Apache County and all across our state value the right to vote for the leaders of their choice.
Many signed up for the Permanent Early Voting List (PEVL) because it made it easier to vote. People are busy. And it's not always easy to get to the polls, especially on a workday and when the voting box might be many miles away. 
The result is that many citizens did not vote in each and every primary election. Voting is not mandatory for citizenship. Voters will exercise their right to vote when it works for them.
Arizona's new voter suppression laws signed by Gov. Ducey infringe on the idea of early voting, something that we all found important. 
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Private museums could face NAGPRA scrutiny
Museums and other institutions that accept stimulus funds could be required to repatriate Indigenous artifacts and remains
NANETTE KELLEY
MAY 16, 2021

Small museums and private institutions that accept federal CARES Act money or other stimulus funds could be forced to relinquish thousands of Indigenous items and ancestral remains now in their collections.
Under the Native American Grave Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990, museums or other institutions that accept federal funding must compile an inventory of Indigenous cultural items and initiate repatriation of the collections and remains to tribes or family members.
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A degree hotter than two decades ago in America
The new United States normal is not just hotter, but wetter in the eastern and central parts of the nation and considerably drier in the West than just a decade earlier
Seth Borenstein / ASSOCIATED PRESS
MAY 14, 2021

America’s new normal temperature is a degree hotter than it was just two decades ago.
Scientists have long talked about climate change — hotter temperatures, changes in rain and snowfall and more extreme weather — being the “new normal.” Data released May 4 by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration put hard figures on the cliche.
The new United States normal is not just hotter, but wetter in the eastern and central parts of the nation and considerably drier in the West than just a decade earlier.
Meteorologists calculate climate normals based on 30 years of data to limit the random swings of daily weather.
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