Shantel Israel begins Miss Utah Navajo year with land conservation focus
Before Shantel Israel was crowned Miss Utah Navajo Saturday evening, the part of the competition that made her most nervous was talking about plants.
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Navajo allottees back Chaco withdrawal repeal as Pueblo leaders push to keep protections
Pauline Atencio was born inside Chaco Canyon in 1950, in the family sheep corral at their winter camp, in a canyon dotted then with hogans and tents.
Politics
Jones selects Ellison, brings reform platform to ticket
Emily Ellison stood Monday before Justin Jones’ family home fire in Rock Point Valley and accepted his selection of her as his running mate after her third campaign for Navajo Nation president ended in the July 21 primary.
Business
Twin Arrows casino team collects 736 pounds of food for northern Arizona families
Team members at Twin Arrows Navajo Casino Resort recently collected 736 pounds of food to distribute to two northern Arizona organizations serving people facing food insecurity.
Sports
Diné mixed martial artist Aayden Redshirt wins Pan Kids IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu IBJJF Championship
At the largest kids’ jiu-jitsu competition, Diné mixed martial artist Aayden Redshirt showed that hard work does pay off.
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Culture
Sidney Toppah Sr. brings generations of Kiowa songs to Ceremonial
The songs Sidney Toppah Sr. sang at the 104th annual Gallup Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial were not written for the occasion.
Health
Running camps continue for Diné youth
A summer running and fitness camp program for Diné youth will continue this month with stops in Chinle, Ganado and Newcomb.
People
Ceremonial honor brings Loren Anthony home between days on set
Loren Anthony walked the Ceremonial night parade in Gallup on Thursday, greeted the crowd as grand marshal, then got in a vehicle with his family and drove through the night to Burbank, California, to be on a Warner Bros. Studios set by 7 a.m. Friday.
Education
2026 Chief Manuelito Scholars
The Office of Navajo Nation Scholarship and Financial Assistance honored 186 graduating high school seniors July 31 at Twin Arrows Navajo Casino Resort after they earned the Chief Manuelito Scholarship, the Navajo Nation’s highest academic award.
Arts
Audrey Brokeshoulder’s Sauk dancer defines the look of the 104th Ceremonial
The woman on this year’s Gallup Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial poster has no face. She stands with her hands on her hips against a field of turquoise, an eagle fan tucked at her waist and red circles of war paint on her cheeks, framed by a maroon-and-white band of diamonds and triangles.
Community
‘Nihizaad Nizhoni’ works to bring Navajo language learning back home
Mabelle Drake Hueston remembers when nearly everyone in here spoke Navajo. She wants families to make the language part of daily life again, beginning at the kitchen table.
