Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mar. 9—In her years of training Navajo Nation educators, Jennifer Denetdale noticed a persistent problem. A professor and chair of ...

A book that corrects false narratives about Navajo history will take center stage at Leupp Public School later this month when Diné author Dorothy Denetclaw joins co-author Matt Fitzsimons for ...

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Breaking barriers is something two women in the Navajo Nation know plenty about; for the first time in Navajo Nation history, there is a female vice president and female speaker of the council. The ...

In a sunlit room on the Navajo Nation, the rhythmic clack of wooden shuttles carries a story centuries old. An elder weaver's hands move with calm precision, guiding strands of dyed wool into patterns ...

PHOENIX (AP) — The Pentagon restored some webpages highlighting the crucial wartime contributions of Navajo Code Talkers and other Native American veterans on Wednesday, days after tribes condemned ...

OF THEIR HOMELAND. HERE’S TODD KURTZ. THIS IS A BRUTAL STORY TO HEAR. IT’S HARD TO EVEN FATHOM WHAT NAVAJO PEOPLE ENDURED LEADING UP TO THE LONG WALK. HISTORIANS SAY KIT CARSON WAS ORDERED TO DEFEAT ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — A constant bumping sound fills the room at Grandma’s Spinning Wheel on the east side. At first, it may sound chaotic, but for Navajo weaving master teacher Lynda Teller Peete, ...

“The Navajo weaver often rubs a spider’s web into her hands to bless herself before beginning a weaving. A child also received the blessing of the web so that one day she may grow to be a fine weaver ...