After Frank Leyva was listed on the Mescalero Apache census in 1885, his presence at Mescalero is sporadic in the available records. But he reappeared at Fort Sill to escort his aging mother, Ishno'n, ...

Known to his family as Jesús or Apache Frank, a nickname given to him by English speakers, he lived through some of the most ...

FILE - Members of Apache and others who want to halt a massive copper mining project on federal land in Arizona gather outside the U.S. District Court, May 7, 2025, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York ...

The prayer run aimed to defend a 6-square-mile piece of land in rural Arizona outside of Phoenix called Chi’chil Biłdagoteel, or Oak Flat, where tribes have held ceremonies for centuries. The U.S.

Apache tribal members are already feeling harm as the Trump administration moves to fast-track a deal to turn their sacred land of Oak Flat, Arizona, into a copper mine.

She and other Apache members attribute the dryness to Resolution Copper, which has been pumping water out of a 7,000-foot-deep mining shaft on its adjacent property for years.

The legal process has attracted a wide gamut of supporters to Apache Stronghold, including from 44 tribal nations and religious organizations.Among Catholic supporters are conservative Catholic ...

That leaves tribes wishing to conduct cultural fire without complying with federal regulations in a quandary, he said, because of how the government structures wildland fire qualifications and ...

The neighboring White Mountain Apache Tribe also enacted a similar resolution unanimously in 2015. Desirae Rambler, niece of the San Carlos Apache chairman, thinks Resolution Copper “found a loophole, ...

“Tribes are not children of the government,” Fowler said. ... Tribal leaders bring attention to missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls . ... Fowler drew attention to Emily Pike, a 14-year-old ...