Definitions
The right of a people to determine their own political status, economic, social, and cultural development.
Self-determination
The number of federally recognized tribes in the United States.
574
This holiday is celebrated on the second Monday of October and aims to celebrate and honor the past, present, and futures of Native peoples throughout the United States.
Indigenous Peoples' Day
Tribes with casinos distribute 12 percent of this specific revenue to local governments for community services and public safety programs.
Gaming revenue
This tribe includes four distinct tribes - the Mohave, Chemehuevi, Hopi, and Navajo.
Colorado River Indian Tribes
This refers to the inherent authority of tribal nations to self-govern, including the authority to establish their own form of government, determine citizenship, preserve cultural identity, and make and enforce laws.
Tribal Sovereignty
This tribal entity has political status as sovereign governments and have a nation-to-nation relationship with the United States.
Federally Recognized Tribes or American Indian/Alaska Native
This member of the Sac and Fox people was the first Native American to win an Olympic gold medal for the United States in 1912.
Jim Thorpe
These men, forbidden to speak their language as students, used their language to create an unbreakable code to help the United States win World War II.
Navajo Code Talkers
This tribe is located in the Verde Valley and is comprised of five tribal communities.
Yavapai-Apache Nation
They are the original inhabitants of a region or country, and their descendants, who have a strong connection to their ancestral lands and territories.
Indigenous peoples
In 1978, this act was enacted to protect the best interests of Indian children and to promote the stability and security of Indian tribes and families.
Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA)
This tribal citizen of the Pueblo of Laguna is the first Native American ever to hold a cabinet secretary and head of the U.S. Department of the Interior.
Rep. Deb Haaland
This large and most advanced system was built by the ancestors of GRIC and SRPMIC. Their legacy became the foundation of economic and urban development of Arizona and are still utilized in the Phoenix Valley today.
Irrigation canal system
The tribe descends from Uto-Axtecan people who once occupied Mexico and the Southwest United States. Today, this tribe has eight communities in Southern AZ spanning scenic desert lands.
Pascua Yaqui Tribe
This policy establishes the basic concepts and principles that govern FTF in its interactions with tribal governments within the State of Arizona.
FTF Tribal Consultation Policy
This act establishes the legal authority for providing health care to American Indians and Alaska Natives and was reauthorized in 2010.
Indian Health Care Improvement Act
This 1998 coming-of-age comedy-drama is the first movie to be written, directed, co-produced, and acted by Native Americans. It is about two young Natives who go on a road trip from their reservation to Phoenix, Arizona to retrieve the ashes of one of the boy's recently deceased father.
Smoke Signals
This National War Hero is from the Gila River Indian Community who helped raised the U.S. flag in Iwo Jima during World War II.
Ira Hamilton Hayes
This inaugural event is hosted by the Hualapai Tribe, Havasupai Tribe, Yavapai-Apache Nation, Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation, and Yavapai-Prescott Indian tribe. Every year, the Pai tribes rotate hosting this gathering.
Gathering of the Pai
This policy was created to set forth the principles and basic process by which agreements and other approvals will be sought with tribes for the collection and use of data related to children 5 and younger and their families who are living on tribal lands.
FTF Tribal Data Policy
In 1975, Congress passed this act which enabled tribal governments to have greater autonomy and assume the responsibility for administering programs and services.
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act
From Co-Creators and Executive Producers Sterlin Harjo and Taika Waititi, this half-hour comedy follows the exploits of four Indigenous teenagers in rural Oklahoma.
Reservation Dogs
This enrolled member of the Kaw Nation became the first American Indian to be Vice President of the United States and he advocated for U.S. citizenship for all American Indians and supported women's right to vote.
Charles Curtis
These O'odham bands are broken up into four federally recognized tribes and each is recognized as politically and geographically distinct and separate.
Tohono O'odham Nation, Gila River Indian Community, Ak-Chin Indian Community, and Salt River Pima Maricopa Indian Community.