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Brenda Hoskie remembers the moment that sparked her political awakening. As a child in the early 1980s, she stood with her mother at the Northern Navajo Nation Fair parade in Shiprock. Bill Richardson was running for Congress, and Hoskie’s mother leaned down and told her: “We’re going to vote for him.”

As the sun dipped below the red mesas and dusk stretched over the high desert, West Coal Avenue came alive with music, laughter, and the scent of fresh frybread drifting between open galleries and bustling vendor tents.

Volunteers in and around the Chinle community came together March 29 to take the streets and clean up excess trash and waste as part of the Chinle Attacks Trash initiative.

In a collaborative effort to raise funds and awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous People, the Thunderbird Throttle charity motorcycle ride will be rolling through the Valley again this weekend.

The Navajo Nation Climate Change Program presented an introductory and informative report regarding climate change issues to the Resources and Development Committee, prompting the delegates to call for legislative action.