Slideshow: 26th annual World Championship Hoop Dance

Slideshow:  26th annual World Championship Hoop Dance

View images from Navajo Times chief photographer Donovan Quintero of the last weekend at the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Ariz.

Navajo Times | Donovan Quintero
Hoop dancer Lane Jensen from Dilkon, Ariz., performs at the 26th annual World Championship Hoop Dance Contest Saturday at the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Ariz. Jensen took 6th place in the hoop contest.

Navajo Times | Donovan Quintero
Joseph Secody from Page, Ariz., lifts his hoops shaped as the world over his head at the 26th annual World Championship Hoop Dance contest at the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Ariz.

 


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About The Author

Donovan Quintero

"Dii, Diné bi Naaltsoos wolyéhíígíí, ninaaltsoos át'é. Nihi cheii dóó nihi másání ádaaní: Nihi Diné Bizaad bił ninhi't'eelyá áádóó t'áá háadida nihizaad nihił ch'aawóle'lágo. Nihi bee haz'áanii at'é, nihisin at'é, nihi hózhǫ́ǫ́jí at'é, nihi 'ach'ą́ą́h naagééh at'é. Dilkǫǫho saad bee yájíłti', k'ídahoneezláo saad bee yájíłti', ą́ą́ chánahgo saad bee yájíłti', diits'a'go saad bee yájíłti', nabik'íyájíłti' baa yájíłti', bich'į' yájíłti', hach'į' yándaałti', diné k'ehgo bik'izhdiitįįh. This is the belief I do my best to follow when I am writing Diné-related stories and photographing our events, games and news. Ahxéhee', shik'éí dóó shidine'é." - Donovan Quintero, an award-winning Diné journalist, served as a photographer, reporter and as assistant editor of the Navajo Times until March 17, 2023.

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