Last semester, Indigenous Teacher Education Project Directors Valerie Shirley and Jeremy Garcia were awarded the college’s Outstanding Faculty Service/Outreach Award for their dedication to Indigenous education. Part of their commitment has included advocating for a stronger research focus on Indigenous education within the American Educational Research Association Division K: Teaching and Teacher Education.

Congratulations to Dr. Karletta Chief, Associate Professor of Environmental Sciences, Dr. Crystal Tulley-Cordova, Principal Investigator, Navajo Nation Department of Water Resources, and Nikki Tulley, Researcher, UA Environmental Sciences for your exceptional contributions to our Native and Indigenous communities.

The University of Arizona is launching an interdisciplinary center that will work on projects and partnerships with Native American nations to advance tribal communities' efforts to respond to environmental challenges and become more resilient.

The Indigenous Resilience Center will be a partnership between Native nations and the university's Arizona Institutes for Resilience, Agnese Nelms Haury Program in Environment and Social Justice, and multiple faculty members and academic programs that focus on supporting the resilience of Native and Indigenous communities.

The University of Arizona is partnering with Native American tribes to address the environmental challenges faced on the reservations. The University of Arizona uses its expertise in environmental research, renewable technologies, and agriculture to help the tribal nations. The partnership is significant to Dr. Chief, who will be leading the efforts.

The University of Arizona Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine has announced a gift from Paul Stamets, an internationally known mycologist and advocate of the medical benefits of mushrooms.

A new agreement between the Pascua Yaqui Tribe and the University of Arizona affirms the university's commitment to helping the tribe's members reach their higher education-related goals.

The Navajo Nation Department of Water Resources Library Preservation Project is a collaborative preservation and access project between the Navajo Nation Department of Water Resources (NNDWR) and the Law Library, supported by the UA’s Agnese Nelms Haury Program in Environment and Social Justice. This collection is of invaluable cultural and scientific significance, containing reports, maps, and other information and knowledge that directly impacts the current and future health and economic well-being of the people of the Navajo Nation. 

The University of Arizona has crafted a new statement that acknowledges the university's home on the land and territories of Indigenous people. The statement lays a foundation, university leaders say, for meaningful partnerships and continued support for Native American students and communities.

In partnership with Diné College, the University of Arizona established the “Advancing Postsecondary Attainment and Research in STEAM for Tribal Students” program in fall 2021. The program is dubbed “Bridge to STEAM” and works to provide Native American undergraduate students with a clear and culturally responsive pathway for transfer to UArizona. Indige-FEWSS Trainees Mark Clytus and Christopher Yazzie participate in establishing the program’s bridge to STEAM (science, technology, engineering, agriculture, and mathematics) as mentors to Diné College undergraduates.

This month Senior Vice President Levi Esquerra organized and delivered PPE to the White Mountain Apache Tribe and the Yavapai Apache Nation in Prescott.  In addition to the PPE and COVID test kits delivered to Arizona tribes in 2020, the University of Arizona has delivered PPE shipments to the several Arizona tribes this year: