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A Tohono O’odham calendar stick — a saguaro rib with carved symbols marking events in the life of the owner — was donated by Donald Bahr in 1967 to the Arizona State Museum. Kelly Presnell ...
After a 1999 arrest, former Tohono O'odham Nation tribal judge Mary Audrey Dolaretta Juan was convicted on drug- smuggling charges and sentenced to one year in federal prison.
Why Tohono O’odham Nation’s centuries-old saguaro fruit harvest is experiencing a revival in Arizona For the Tohono O'odham Nation, harvest time for the “bahidaj” is a sacred start to the ...
The saguaro cactus is the iconic plant of the Arizona borderlands, and in June and early July, its fruit ripens. For the Tohono O'odham Nation, harvest time for the “bahidaj” ...
A standoff between Tohono O'odham protesters and federal authorities at the border ended after Border Patrol agents and park rangers cleared the area.
The jaguar is known as O:ṣhad Ñu:kudam, which means "jaguar protector" in Tohono O'odham. Tribal leaders say the cats are important to the culture.
Tohono O’odham Nation Chairman Verlon Jose is in a rehab facility after falling from his horse at the end of the Tucson Rodeo Parade.
Members of the Tohono O'odham Nation successfully proposed Tucson's Christopher Columbus Park be renamed to honor and respect Indigenous people.
The most recent wild jaguar spotted entering Arizona from Mexico was recently named by members of the Tohono O'odham Nation.