Every January, the University of Arizona College of Law's Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program and the Native Nations Institute come together to offer the January in Tucson (JIT) intensive education session. For three weeks, distinguished faculty members from around the world gather to teach and discuss Indigenous governance and Indigenous rights with leaders, practitioners, and community members. 

Galanda, an alumnus of University of Arizona Law’s Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy (IPLP) Program, has done just that. Over the span of his two-decade-long career he has worked as a legal advocate for Indigenous peoples, generously supported IPLP students, and mentored young Native lawyers. On February 3, he received the 2022-2023 Alumni of the Year Award on behalf of the James E. Rogers College of Law for his extraordinary accomplishments and continued dedication to the university.  

Colin Denny, a research assistant in the College of Education, will perform a sign language interpretation of the song "America the Beautiful" during the Super Bowl 2023 pregame show on Sunday. The performance, he said, is an opportunity to show millions of people that North American Indian Sign Language, despite being centuries old, is still here.

The fund will provide financial aid to Native American law students who intend to work as legal advocates for Native American communities.

University of Arizona Regents Professor of Linguistics Ofelia Zepeda was awarded $50,000 for her poetry, written in O'odham and English, and called "one of the most compelling artists" in the nation

The Pilot Project Program is organized to accomplish the following aims:

Provide initial funding to early-career investigators to establish EHS-related research.
Support projects that address environmental justice issues in our desert Southwest region.
Encourage established investigators from other areas to develop EHS research themes.
Enable the pursuit of innovative new EHS research directions

A collaboration with the University of Arizona's Undergraduate Biology Research Program (UBRP). The summer research opportunity is offered to University of Arizona Native American undergraduates. 

Miss Native UArizona student Nadira Mitchell is using her Diné culture to shift the framework in conservation and tribal rights.

Please consider endorsing this letter of concern in relation to the impacts of protected areas and fortress conservation on indigenous peoples' rights. The letter was prepared by Project Expedite Justice in anticipation of a target to be adopted at the Convention on Biodiversity COP15 to protect 30 percent of the world's lands and oceans by the year 2030. It makes specific calls to action to respect indigenous peoples' rights in the creation or expansion of protected areas. 

Please sign by November 30

Since it was established last year, the University of Arizona's Indigenous Resilience Center has added to its roster experts who have long worked with and for Native American communities. Now, the center's leaders hope tribes can guide their next moves.