Agnese Nelms Haury Program

CONGRATULATIONS!!

The Agnese Nelms Haury Program has selected eleven The University of Arizona graduate students to receive its 2026 Indigenous Resilience Graduate Research Awards, supporting research and degree completion for projects developed in partnership with Indigenous communities.

The 2026 award recipients are, in alphabetical order: Alana Bitsuie, Mira Busch, Brooke Damon, Deandra Jones, Breanna Lameman, Anna Ortiz, Patrick Robinson, Emily Rockey, Noah Schlager, Michael Spears and Alison Watson.

The eleven 2026 recipients join a growing network of thirty graduate researchers who received awards between 2020 and 2025. Since its launch, the program has invested more than half a million dollars in graduate research spanning sixteen University of Arizona colleges and academic units.

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Haury Program Announces 2026 Indigenous Resilience Graduate Research Award Recipients Haury Program Announces 2026 Indigenous Resilience Graduate Research Award Recipients Aug. 7, 2026 Image The Agnese Nelms Haury Program has selected eleven University of Arizona graduate students to receive its 2026 Indigenous Resilience Graduate Research Awards, supporting research and degree comp...

Welcome, Jennifer! Native American Advancement & Tribal Engagement

We're excited to announce the newest member of the NAATE team! Please join us in welcoming Jennifer Olguin, who recently joined our office as our Executive Assistant. We're thrilled to have Jennifer on board and look forward to the support and dedication she'll bring to our team. Welcome to NAATE, Jennifer!

Fun fact: Jennifer is a thrill seeker who has gone skydiving and completed El Tour de Tucson!

See this event by our partners at Wassaja Carlos Montezuma Center for Native American Health and University of Arizona Law!

Haury Program is honored to have been invited to participate in and co-sponsor the Sacred Waters Gathering held June 22-25 in Isleta Pueblo in New Mexico. We were glad to share space, stories and inspiration with our U of A colleagues, Restoring Balance Collaborative , UA Indigenous Resilience Center and ITEP as well as meet new partners and friends. We are honored to be able to continue to fund conversations around “ethical space” as well as support the panel featuring Madam Chairwoman Flores and former Secretary of Interior Deb Haaland. We are walking away grounded and committed to supporting Indigenous-led water projects.

Prof. Michael Kotutwa Johnson of University of Arizona Indigenous Resilience Center speaks to the recent research performed by The University of Arizona.

"62% of agriculture producers in AZ are American Indian. Expert wants to reorient them to help tribes"

62% of agriculture producers in AZ are American Indian. Expert wants to reorient them to help tribes A new study out of the University of Arizona measures the scale and economic output of tribal agriculture in Arizona — and it’s big.

University of Arizona Indigenous Resilience Center is now accepting proposals for their new program, the the Regenerative Indigenous Solutions for the Earth (RISE) Mini Grant Program!

For more information please see the poster below or visit https://resilience.arizona.edu/what-we-do/2026-rise-mini-grant-program/2026-rise-mini-grant-program-infomation

Congratulations to University of Arizona Indigenous Resilience Center on a new grant from Waverley Street Foundation!!

https://air.arizona.edu/news/air-indigenous-resilience-center-awarded-grant-expand-regenerative-agriculture-research-and

The recording of the 2026 Perspectives on Indigenous Resilience is now available at https://haury.arizona.edu/news/haurys-2026-perspectives-indigenous-resilience-event-celebrates-university-arizona-graduate !

Haury’s 2026 Perspectives on Indigenous Resilience Event Celebrates University of Arizona Graduate Researchers Haury’s 2026 Perspectives on Indigenous Resilience Event Celebrates University of Arizona Graduate Researchers Today Image Haury Program staff with graduate awardees Torran Anderson, Indigenous Resilience Center On April 30, more than 60 participants gathered in person and online for the 2026 Per...

2026 US WASH Convening was an incredible opportunity to (re)connect, (re)inspire and (re)align with clean water and sanitation warriors! It was remarkable to have so many Navajo Water Access Coordination Group members present - many we saw in person for the first time since we started working together in 2020 to address clean water issues on the Navajo Nation based on community needs and solutions. Thank you for all to George who founded and is now leaving after 15 years of fierce vision and leadership. is honored to be a part of these conversations, and this community!