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The 30th Indian Nations and Tribes Legislative Day was held on January 15th in Phoenix at the Arizona State Capitol. The participation of the University of Arizona at this annual event is essential for ensuring that we, as a leading institution for research and learning, understand how to best serve our Tribal Communities. It also offers a valuable platform to share the various programs and initiatives available at the University.

This awards program aims to support University of Arizona graduate students doing research relevant to Native American and Indigenous Resilience. Awards up to $20,000 each are available, the deadline to submit proposals is April 30th. Information session will be held on February 26th at Noon, which will be recorded and shared.

To mark the 10th anniversary of our programming, we are honored to announce we are releasing a series of short videos featuring some of our awardees and their projects.

As it celebrates it's 10th anniversary, the Haury Program reflects on it's work in the past year, advancing Indigenous resilience and University of Arizona's land-grant mission.

A webinar introduces issues of tribal water security and justice, and offers a review of programs and tools to address them.

Join the Navajo Nation authorities and others to learn about Navajo water rights settlements.

On November 7, 2024, the Council on Library & Information Resources (CLIR) announced the award of a $300,000 grant to a library preservation collaboration between the Navajo Nation Department of Water Resources (NNDWR), Law Library at the University of Arizona and other partners, including the Haury Program.

The Haury Program is honored to be joining other partners in holding a webinar on Federal Funding Opportunities for Tribal Water Access and the UACW Funding Handbook on November 21, 2024, 3-4 pm via Zoom.

When Hopi farmer Michael Kotutwa Johnson speaks of seeds, he refers to them as “children,” so when a colleague brought him corn seeds that had been preserved for 800 years – hidden in a cave near historical Hopi villages around Glen Canyon – it was like welcoming children home.

On Friday, October 11th, administrators, staff, faculty, students and community members gathered at the Women’s Plaza of Honor to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Agnese Nelms Haury Program in Environment and Social Justice (“Haury Program”).