When a massive coal mine closed in 2019, thousands of Hopi people lost access to free coal to heat their homes. Grassroots efforts to replace coal with firewood have sprung up and are winning funding.

Corn goes back to their very creation story. As the Hopi people emerged into this world, the Creator gave them three things: a gourd of water, a planting stick and a short ear of blue corn. Expand ...

When a giant coal mine in northern Arizona shut down three years ago, cities that relied on it for electricity pivoted. But it hasn't been easy for residents of the Hopi Nation, who burned coal to ...

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