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Jace Shorty, 5, from Rock Point, Ariz., carries the cradleboard for his little sister, Kalani Shorty, 3 months old, on Saturday evening while attending the Velocity PBR Tour at Red Rock Park in Church Rock, N.M.

The KFC Foundation’s Kentucky Fried Wishes program awarded the Manuelito Navajo Children’s Home with a $10,000 grant on Sept. 9 to celebrate Colonel Sanders’ birthday.

Following in the footsteps of her mother Virginia Ballenger in 1980 and her sister Anna Ballenger in 2006, 26-year-old Amber Shandiin Ballenger on Aug. 21 earned the title of Miss Gallup Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial queen 2021.

Taking a step down without handrails to get outside from Chester Benally’s front and back door is not as easy as it was when he was a young man.

This year’s beloved Gallup Inter-tribal Indian Ceremonial at Red Rock Park is going to happen, but without financial support from the state of New Mexico.