Education
Three weeks ago, I announced that 20 current Navajo college students will be awarded with free college gift packages in exchange for their stories.
They were just young women when Rose Nofchissey and Louise Benally first started as Diné language teachers in the 70s.
Being the first Native American female designer for Nike does not keep Lacey Trujillo from giving back to her former high school.
After topping a statewide robotics contest, mid-school students here are on their way to a regional competition sponsored by New Mexico State University.
Public schools in Utah that serve the Navajo Nation are doing average, according to grade data that came out in September. But there is a disparity between those actually located on the Navajo Nation and off-reservation schools.
Program encourages students to expand their dreams
Midterms are just about, if not completely, over for most colleges. Some students are returning back to school from fall break, hopefully, feeling rejuvenated.
“Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations,” reads a poster in the hall of Chilchinbeto Community School.
Some students carry more than books, pencils and backpacks to school.
The Navajo Preference in Employment Act, created to make sure outside companies employed Navajos, is instead creating headaches for school boards and administrations, school officials charged at the final hearing on possible changes to the NPEA here last Tuesday.
