CHURCH ROCK, N.M. — Casinos on the Navajo Nation are teaming up with census officials for a series of events they hope will boost participation in the count. Billions of dollars in federal funding are ...

Thursday is now the last day to respond to the US Census after the US Supreme Court ruling Tuesday overturned the extension to continue through the end of the month. Tribal leaders and local advocates ...

DOING TO IMPROVE THIS, AND WHY INCREASING THAT NUMBER IS SO IMPORTANT. MARISSA: THE PRESIDENT OF THE NAVAJO NATION SAYS THAT WHILE THEIR CENSUS RESPONSE RATES ARE IMPROVING, THEY NEED TO SEE MORE ...

Window Rock, Ariz. • Census workers will resume dropping off questionnaires at homes on the Navajo Nation this week. The tribe's legislative branch said the work to deliver paper packets to more than ...

Norbert Nez is worried about the census. A self-described map enthusiast, he took a job with the Census Bureau in 1990 as an enumerator fresh out of college and eager to find a decent-paying job. Nez ...

The census takes a separate count for Native Americans. The 2010 report, released earlier this year, shows a steady growth of this population across the southwest over the past 10 years. But the ...

The Navajo Nation and Gila River Indian Community have joined a lawsuit challenging the federal government's intent to end counting efforts for the 2020 Census a month earlier than initially planned.

This story originally appeared on Stateline. The early end to the 2020 census has some areas complaining they needed more time to count residents in a chaotic environment of coronavirus shutdowns and ...

When the results of the 2010 census for San Juan County landed on Leonard Gorman’s desk, it was clear change was coming. The data showed Native American residents outnumbered white residents in the ...

A sign asks Navajo residents to stay safe and warns of a curfew near the Navajo Nation town of Casamero Lake in New Mexico on May 20, 2020. Mark Ralston/AFP via Getty Images Earlier this year, before ...

As her silver crown shimmered in the sunlight, Shaandiin Parrish loaded car after car in the Navajo Nation’s Huerfano chapter area with food and toilet paper. When the coronavirus pandemic halted the ...