Deb Krol
@debkrol.bsky.social
Indigenous climate/culture reporter, Jolon Indian, bead artist and Aunty. Don't mess with Aunty Deb. articles here: https://www.azcentral.com/local/southwest-tribal-issues/?fbclid=IwAR30aQdrJcD5PO-QPvKXJhavZhSqMqNgO473CMBq6-Zs3cbUsi6oJsxonsg
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Deb Krol
@debkrol.bsky.social
· Nov 17
Hi, I'm Deb, a 400th-generation Californian. I report on Indigenous issues for @azcentral, and if you're in the Southwest, California or Nevada, I'd like to help you with your stories. I think I do an OK job anyway. debra dot krol (at) AZCentral (Dot) com. T'sep!!
my latest: CRIT grants personhood status to #coloradoriver - 3rd in North America by Indigenous peoples. www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
Colorado River wins personhood status from Arizona tribal council
Personhood status creates a powerful new mechanism for protecting the eponymous river that makes life possible in their arid homelands.
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November 10, 2025 at 11:43 PM
my latest: CRIT grants personhood status to #coloradoriver - 3rd in North America by Indigenous peoples. www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
ICYMI from 2024: my big giant series on Native art - how we got here, the big problem of fake NDN art and who's addressing it, artist profiles and where we're headed. yeah some PR guy was pitching another pub's story on the fake NDN art aspect...sigh. www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
Traders and collectors long defined Native art. Young artists want to reclaim their vision
Native art has a rich history but young artists want to expand its roots and move things in different directions. What is the future of Native art?
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October 17, 2025 at 7:38 PM
ICYMI from 2024: my big giant series on Native art - how we got here, the big problem of fake NDN art and who's addressing it, artist profiles and where we're headed. yeah some PR guy was pitching another pub's story on the fake NDN art aspect...sigh. www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
#klamathriver a year after the final dam removal: lots of fish, recovering health. www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
A year after the last dam was removed, Klamath River has 'come alive' with salmon
As the Klamath River continues healing from 100 years of mismanagement, tribes and environmentalists must deal with funding cuts and policy changes.
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October 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
#klamathriver a year after the final dam removal: lots of fish, recovering health. www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
latest news on #oakflat from me: www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
US Supreme Court turns down Oak Flat copper mine case for a second time
The Supreme Court declined to hear Apache Stronghold's case a second time, but more cases are still on lower-court dockets.
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October 6, 2025 at 7:41 PM
latest news on #oakflat from me: www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
Latest in #coloradoriver: the "perfect" candidate to lead Reclamation - and wrestle all the parties into agreement on how next to manage the river - has been forced out due to politics. www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
As Colorado River talks stall, 'perfect' candidate to lead water agency is forced out
Former Central Arizona Project GM Ted Cooke, one of Arizona's top water experts, is out as a nominee to head the agency overseeing the Colorado River.
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September 19, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Latest in #coloradoriver: the "perfect" candidate to lead Reclamation - and wrestle all the parties into agreement on how next to manage the river - has been forced out due to politics. www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
My latest: www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
Yaqui leaders break ground on a project to supply water for 200 new homes
Sometimes small water projects reap big benefits. A new pipeline will use reclaimed water for ballfields and save drinking water for homes.
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September 18, 2025 at 7:27 PM
My latest: www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
ICYMI: Our coverage of the tribal youth paddlers who made an epic journey down the #klamathbasin
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A profound 310-mile river journey ends with sobering news about toxic water
A flotilla of canoes and kayaks traversed the length of the Klamath River to celebrate its revival and look at what's left to be done.
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September 3, 2025 at 6:02 PM
ICYMI: Our coverage of the tribal youth paddlers who made an epic journey down the #klamathbasin
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Read it here first: tribes fire back to Trump's comments about Oak Flat mine opponents being "anti-American" www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
Arizona tribal leaders fire back after Trump calls Oak Flat foes 'Anti-American'
Arizona tribal leaders reacted angrily after President Donald Trump said their opposition to a copper mine was un-American.
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August 20, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Read it here first: tribes fire back to Trump's comments about Oak Flat mine opponents being "anti-American" www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
BREAKING: #oakflat gets last-minute halt to land exchange www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
Appeals court blocks Oak Flat land swap, giving copper mine opponents a late reprieve
Hours before a disputed land swap was to take effect, an appeals court halted the process, giving copper mine opponents more time.
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August 19, 2025 at 2:18 AM
BREAKING: #oakflat gets last-minute halt to land exchange www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
ICYMI: Judge turns tribes, environmentalists down to stop #oakflat land exchange. www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
Court refuses to halt land swap that will let Resolution Copper build mine at Oak Flat
A federal judge conceded that a planned copper mine will destroy a site sacred to the Apache people, but refused to stop a land swap at the site.
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August 16, 2025 at 3:58 PM
ICYMI: Judge turns tribes, environmentalists down to stop #oakflat land exchange. www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
Acorns are getting harder to find, say some Indigenous harvesters. Story here: www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
For San Carlos gatherers, acorns are like gold. Drought is making them harder to find
A relentless drought across Arizona has left people who hunt acorns finding smaller harvests and weaker trees.
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August 10, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Acorns are getting harder to find, say some Indigenous harvesters. Story here: www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
Highlights of yesterday's latest hearing over the fate of #oakflat www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
As clock ticks on Oak Flat copper mine, judge considers late plea to block land swap
With only weeks until a disputed land swap opens the door to a huge copper mine at Oak Flat, opponents seek a late reprieve.
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August 8, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Highlights of yesterday's latest hearing over the fate of #oakflat www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
even more #oakflat news: San Carlos, environmentalist lawsuit gets their first hearing this Wednesday www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
Tribe, environmentalists seek ruling against Oak Flat copper mine as deadline nears
A federal judge will hear arguments in a case over a disputed land exchange that would allow construction of a huge copper mine.
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August 4, 2025 at 6:53 PM
even more #oakflat news: San Carlos, environmentalist lawsuit gets their first hearing this Wednesday www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
My latest on #oakflat - Apache women file suit on 1st Amendment religious issues www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
'So much has been taken': Apache women sue to halt land swap for Oak Flat copper mine
Four Apache women filed suit in Washington, D.C., asking a judge to block a land exchange needed to build a copper mine at Oak Flat.
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July 29, 2025 at 7:08 PM
My latest on #oakflat - Apache women file suit on 1st Amendment religious issues www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
my latest on #oakflathttps://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2025/07/29/apache-women-lawsuit-oak-flat-land-swap-agreement/85411022007/
July 29, 2025 at 6:51 PM
my latest on #oakflathttps://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2025/07/29/apache-women-lawsuit-oak-flat-land-swap-agreement/85411022007/
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In rural northern Alberta (not a rez), we have to drive 12 miles for potable water on a “gravel” 2dary hiway (provincial jurisdiction) that hasn’t seen a gravel haul in years and rarely a grader. Bc there’s “limited funding for public works”. Let’s not even talk about the healthcare dumpster fire.
When oil and gas companies are unable, or unwilling, to pay rent they owe to landowners where they have wells, the Alberta government pays it for them.
The tab is now nearly $150 million since 2010, Sharon J. Riley reports: thenarwhal.ca/alberta-oil-and-gas-unpaid-rent-2024
The tab is now nearly $150 million since 2010, Sharon J. Riley reports: thenarwhal.ca/alberta-oil-and-gas-unpaid-rent-2024
Alberta covered $150M in oil and gas companies’ unpaid rent | The Narwhal
Issue of oil and gas companies’ unpaid rent in Alberta is ‘intertwined’ with unpaid municipal taxes, cleanup bills: law professor
thenarwhal.ca
July 28, 2025 at 1:31 PM
In rural northern Alberta (not a rez), we have to drive 12 miles for potable water on a “gravel” 2dary hiway (provincial jurisdiction) that hasn’t seen a gravel haul in years and rarely a grader. Bc there’s “limited funding for public works”. Let’s not even talk about the healthcare dumpster fire.
@abecenti.bsky.social reports: Nez to run again for Congress. Read it here: www.azcentral.com/story/news/p...
Former Navajo president announces 2nd bid for AZ's 2nd Congressional District
Former Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez will seek the Democratic nomination for Congress in District 2, aiming for a rematch with Rep. Eli Crane.
www.azcentral.com
July 23, 2025 at 5:12 PM
@abecenti.bsky.social reports: Nez to run again for Congress. Read it here: www.azcentral.com/story/news/p...
We were privileged to attend our friend Tom Jones' funeral...here's the story: www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
Tom Jones, Yavapai elder and veteran who fought for Native rights, dies at 79
Tom Jones was part of a generation of Yavapai people who refused to back down, standing up for the land and the tribe's economic future.
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July 23, 2025 at 5:10 PM
We were privileged to attend our friend Tom Jones' funeral...here's the story: www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
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‘Journey's end: Tribal youth paddle the Klamath River as a revival brings new hope’ by @debkrol.bsky.social
Journey's end: Tribal youth paddle the Klamath River as a revival brings new hope
A flotilla of canoes and kayaks traversed the length of the Klamath River to celebrate its revival and look at what's left to be done.
www.azcentral.com
July 21, 2025 at 9:13 PM
‘Journey's end: Tribal youth paddle the Klamath River as a revival brings new hope’ by @debkrol.bsky.social
For those of you not on Facebook: I just posted some new jewelry pieces on FB www.facebook.com/debkrol
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July 20, 2025 at 9:27 PM
For those of you not on Facebook: I just posted some new jewelry pieces on FB www.facebook.com/debkrol
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Partnership in coastal New South Wales, Australia: “The project is part of a number of on-ground burns in collaboration with Worimi Local Aboriginal Land Council, Bindelong Aboriginal Corporation Cool Burn Fire and Ecology, Hunter Local Land Services, and local members of the Rural Fire Service.”
Cultural and cool burn workshop to benefit koala habitat in Port Stephens
'It's tapping into generations of wisdom, and it helps us get the best possible results for our local...
www.newcastleherald.com.au
July 17, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Partnership in coastal New South Wales, Australia: “The project is part of a number of on-ground burns in collaboration with Worimi Local Aboriginal Land Council, Bindelong Aboriginal Corporation Cool Burn Fire and Ecology, Hunter Local Land Services, and local members of the Rural Fire Service.”
@abecenti.bsky.social reports on a modular home builder who pulled out of Navajo Nation: www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
It was supposed to ease the Navajo housing crisis. Now the builder is closing operations
Phoenix based ZenniHome was billed as the solution to the Navajo housing crisis and as job creators, but a year later they pulled up stakes.
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July 17, 2025 at 8:45 PM
@abecenti.bsky.social reports on a modular home builder who pulled out of Navajo Nation: www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
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Some good news… Today it was announced that Oak Ridge Fire is 100% contained!
This is my last article on the fire from a week ago.
This is my last article on the fire from a week ago.
From me: ‘Oak Ridge Fire crews battle flames, work through language and cultural barriers’ via @azcentral.com
Oak Ridge Fire crews battle flames, work through language and cultural barriers
The Oak Ridge Fire burned through remote areas of the Navajo Nation, creating challenges for firefighters and emergency teams.
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July 16, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Some good news… Today it was announced that Oak Ridge Fire is 100% contained!
This is my last article on the fire from a week ago.
This is my last article on the fire from a week ago.