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Traditional treats nourish, foster nostalgia for homebound families
Apples, oranges, peanuts in shell, candies, chocolate, chips, beef jerky, animal crackers, fruit snacks, juice boxes and Vienna sausage – treats like these, for some people, are just something to eat.
Culture
Teacher turns to way of life for comfort and healing
Diné language and culture teacher and COVID-19 survivor Albert Brent Chase says the many profound challenges, revelations and changes he experienced in 2020 are guiding his path of healing in 2021. “I, too, have suffered the grief and heartbreak that is ongoing with our people,” said Chase.
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Irish ‘pay forward’ 173-year-old favor
A few days ago, the Navajo and Hopi Families COVID-19 Relief Fund, a grassroots effort to get food and water to homebound elders during the pandemic, noticed a swell in donations to its GoFundMe page — and almost all the new money was coming from Ireland. “At first we thought we had been hacked,” said Cassandra Begay, the group’s communication director.
People
Frank Adakai’s books available on Amazon
If one of your resolutions for the new year is to read more of your favorite authors, consider adding Frank Adakai’s name to your literary list.
Health
Thoreau elderly get first shots of vaccine
Retired Navajo Transit driver Benjamin Henio, 70, who also worked for Kerr-McGee, the former uranium mining company, “for many years,” said he wouldn’t have a chance against COVID-19 if he were to get it. There was no second-guessing about whether he should get the first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
Arts
Diné poet, short-story writer to release debut novel
One of the few careers that has actually benefitted from the coronavirus pandemic is writing. Publishing houses have reported new manuscripts surging along with virus cases, presumably because being in quarantine (or losing a day job) has given prospective writers the time to finally focus on that unfinished novel or memoir.
Music
New Razor Saltboy album a cup of calm amid storm
Amid the tumult of recent events, it’s nice to know some things just don’t change all that much. Navajo country music, for one.
Fashion
Designer tells stories through fashion
Ever since flipping through pages of fashion catalogs as a boy, Reno Hashké Tabaaha Tsosie, 27, knew he would be in the fashion industry with his own label.
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