The saguaro cactus is the iconic plant of the Arizona borderlands, and in June and early July, its fruit ripens. For the Tohono O’odham Nation, harvest time ...

The Tohono O’odham Nation already deals with heavy illegal traffic along its border with Mexico, the brief says. The tribal government spends $3 million annually on border security, which takes ...

Cousins Tanisha Tucker Lohse and Maria Francisco set off from their desert camp around dawn on most early summer days, in ...

On St. John the Baptist's feast day in late June, an extended Tohono O'odham family attends Mass out at their desert camp, ...

The saguaro cactus is the iconic plant of the Arizona borderlands, and in June and early July, its fruit ripens.

The Tohono O’odham language is at risk of disappearing, with far fewer people speaking it today. To help keep it alive, the Tohono O’odham Nation has opened the O’odham Ňi’okĭ Ki ...

Some Tohono O’odham Nation members put out water or food for the migrants, others are afraid to. Some members have been involved in smuggling themselves, she says.