Ofelia Zepeda, a renowned poet and linguist, grew up in poverty working in Arizona’s cotton fields. Zepeda became a leading expert on the Tohono O’odham language and a regents professor at the ...

A Tohono O’odham girl growing up in the 1950s spent her formative years helping her farmworker family pick cotton in the fields in central Arizona. With a thirst for learning but few books at home, ...

COCKLEBURR — In the arid desert surrounding this humble Tohono O'odham village, a patch of farmland offers a link to the past and hope for the future of its youngest residents. Villagers and other ...

One of Arizona's resident jaguars now has a name. O:ṣhad Ñu:kudam, or “Jaguar Protector” in the O’odham language, was chosen by students and elders across the Tohono O'odham Nation during an Earth Day ...

TOHONO O'ODHAM NATION (KGUN) — It's time to introduce you to KGUN 9's Giving Project nonprofit for the month of February: the Native American Advancement Foundation. It's an organization formed 14 ...

Tucson’s Mayor and Council approved renaming Christopher Columbus Park to Danny Lopez Park Wednesday in honor of the Tohono O'odham educator and elder who dedicated his life to preserving the Tohono O ...

A Tohono O'odham girl growing up in the 1950s spent her formative years helping her farmworker family pick cotton in the fields in central Arizona. With a thirst for learning but few books at home, ...