What is your name? Braeden Jones Where did you attend school? University of California – Berkeley What degree/certificate did you achieve? Bachelor’s of Arts (BA)- Integrative Biology Can you summarize your educational background? I attended Geronimo Public Schools from Pre-K through 12th grade in Geronimo, Oklahoma, and graduated from Geronimo...
Editor’s Note: This story contains sensitive subject matter that readers may find upsetting. During the month of April, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community hosted several events to help continue to raise awareness and showcase support for Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Here, in the Community, the Health and Human Services...
Pat Tillman was a star Arizona State University (ASU) linebacker who had an exceptional football career. Tillman was named Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year in 1997 after leading his team to a Pac-10 championship and the Rose Bowl the previous year. He was selected by the Arizona Cardinals in...
For people unfamiliar with the machines, motorcycles can bring to mind an image of aggression: toughness, leather and loud engines. More often than not, that exterior is not a wall, but a gate, which was exemplified during Arizona’s Bike Week events focusing on missing and murdered Indigenous people. Native riders...
The first Earth Day was held on April 22, 1970. An emerging public awareness of air, water and land pollution led several individuals, including peace activist John McConnell, Arthur J. Hanson, former Sen. Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin and many others, to organize the day after witnessing devastating damage to the...
Editor’s Note: This story contains sensitive subject matter that readers may find upsetting. A grassroots movement is drawing attention to some of the major systemic shortfalls they say enables the cross-generational abuse for Native relatives. “Stolen People Stolen Benefits” is a movement led in partnership with Turtle Island Women Warriors...