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Mojave Desert tribes aim to turn a sacred mountain into a national monument

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A group at the foot of Avi Kwa Ame, or Spirit Mountain, just south of Searchlight, Nev. A proposal would designate the mountain ...

Route 66’s Indigenous past: The history Victor Valley tourism rarely tells

How Indigenous land, labor and trade routes laid the foundation of Route 66 in Victor Valley long before the highway's ...
KTNV Las Vegas

Conservationists, Native Americans fighting to protect land east of Mojave Desert

NEVADA (KTNV) — Conservationists and Native Americans are fighting to protect land east of the Mojave Desert in Southern Clark County. Potential development in the area has alarmed Native Americans ...
Yale Environment 360

Fort Mojave delegation celebrates Indigenous history during Yale visit

A delegation from the Fort Mojave Indian Tribe (FMIT), including members of its acclaimed Fort Mojave Tribal Band and Rez Life Bird Singers, visited the Yale campus over the weekend for a series of ...
Los Angeles Times

Reclaiming the river: Tribes push for change on the Colorado River

Members of the Fort Mojave Indian Tribe say their traditional name is Aha Makav, meaning the People of the River. Geoglyphs adorn the desert along the lower reaches of the Colorado River, where the ...
Los Angeles Times

Mojave Desert tribes aim to turn a sacred mountain into a national monument

SEARCHLIGHT, Nev. — The remote mountain from which Mojave Desert tribes believe the universe unfolds rises above a corner of southwestern Nevada defined by Joshua trees, outcroppings, and ...