Young Diné Walk Another 350 Miles in Prayer for People, Land, Culture

Lyla Johnston
5/6/15
On Earth Day the young Nihigaal Bee Iiná walkers completed the second leg of their journey, which was about 350 miles and lasted 32 days...

Navajo Nation Reaches Out to IACHR in San Francisco Peaks Battle

Alysa Landry
3/17/15
The Navajo Nation is seeking international help to protect its sacred San Francisco Peaks from reclaimed sewage water being used by the Arizona Snowbowl ski resort...

Sacred Blindness II: The Indigenous Eight

Steve Russell
12/30/14
After my anger cooled from reading about the “ Top Eight Religious Destinations in the World ,” I got to thinking of the places I have seen in my own country that I am willing to c...

San Francisco Peaks: Arizona’s Snowbowl Opens to Protests Over Thanksgiving Weekend

ICTMN Staff
12/1/14
The polar vortex has not made it to Arizona despite record low temperatures and storms elsewhere in the United States, and Thanksgiving weekend marked the second straight year that...

San Francisco Peaks to Get 20 More Years of Sewage Snow

ICTMN Staff
8/11/14
The City of Flagstaff has extended the controversial Snowbowl’s wastewater contract for 20 years...

Could the Hobby Lobby Ruling Have Saved the San Francisco Peaks?

Winter King
7/15/14

The Supreme Court’s decision in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, which held that the Affordable Care Act’s “contraceptive mandate” violated the Religious Freedom Restoration Act when applied to certain closely-held corporations, generated strong reactions from every corner of the politic...

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Hopi Win Right to Continue Court Fight Against Snowbowl Wastewater on Sacred Peaks

ICTMN Staff
1/8/14
An Arizona Supreme Court ruling enables the Hopi Tribe to continue its legal challenge to the Snowbowl ski resort’s spraying of artificial snow made from treated wastewater onto th...

State Court Allows Hopi Case Against Arizona Snowbowl to Be Heard

Anne Minard
5/1/13
The Hopi Tribe may have hit on a successful strategy to oppose snowmaking with reclaimed sewage on the sacred San Francisco Peaks, near Flagstaff, Arizona...

Video: Footage From Sacred Sites Rally in Arizona

ICTMN Staff
4/2/13
The struggle to save the sacred Hickory Ground gained momentum March 26 during the National Indian Gaming Association’s Convention when a rally was held not just for the sacred lan...

Idle No More Hits Arizona as Part of Snowbowl Protest

Anne Minard
1/10/13
The international Idle No More movement hit Arizona this week, in a freshly charged protest at Flagstaff City Hall over snowmaking with treated effluent at Arizona Snowbowl, a ski ...

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