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562 Federally Recognized Tribes

307 Tribal Libraries, Museums, Archives in US

32 Arizona Tribal Libraries, Museums, Archives

Arizona Native Americans

255,879 10 % Arizona population

Arizona

28% Native American Land

16 Arizona Tribal Education Departments

In 1950, the Hidatsa were pressured into signing away their sacred ancestral lands along the Missouri River in North Dakota. At the signing, Hidatsa leader George Gillette was overcome by emotion. The Garrison Dam subsequently flooded most of the traditional Mandan and Hidatsa village sites.

Arizona State Indian Education Act

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1 In 2007 Chief Jaret Cardinal of Sucker Creek Cree First Nation signs The United League of Indigenous Nations Treaty

3 Tribal Historic Preservation Offices

UNITED LEAGUE OF INDIGENOUS NATIONS TREATY

MUTUAL COVENANTS

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W e, the signatory Indigenous Nations, are committed to providing the following mutual aid and assistance, to the best of our ability and in accordance with our own prior and paramount Indigenous laws, customs and traditions:

Arizona Commission of Indian Affairs UNITED LEAGUE OF INDIGENOUS NATIONS TREATY

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1. Exchanging economic, legal, political, traditional and technical knowledge regarding the protection of Indigenous cultural properties.

Arizona Tribes with Casinos

5 Tribal Institutional Review Boards in Arizona UNITED LEAGUE OF INDIGENOUS NATIONS TREATY

• Tohono O’odam • Hopi • Navajo • White Mountain Apache • Salt River • 9 of the 34 Tribal Colleges

Community Based Activism • Tribal internal focus • Develop effective relationships with Tribes • Participatory • Capacity Building • Indigenous protocol Indigenous Information Ecology

Tribal Information Environment Library, Cultural Resourc e Cent er, Tri bal Comm unit y Coll ege, Arc hi ve

2. Collaborating on research on environmental issues that impact Indigenous homelands, including baseline studies and socio-economic assessments that consider the cultural, social and sustainable uses of Indigenous Peoples’ territories and resources.