Culture

Three contestants in the 74th Annual Miss Navajo Nation Pageant competed in sheep butchering and traditional foods Monday, Sept. 7, at the Navajo Nation Fairgrounds.

The songs Sidney Toppah Sr. sang at the 104th annual Gallup Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial were not written for the occasion.

Damaris Yazzie and Rhylee Manwell are crowned the 2026-2027 Miss Gallup Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial Queen and Little Miss Gallup Inter-Tribal Ceremonial, respectively, during Friday night’s coronation at Red Rock Park.

The STAR School has turned its student-run garden, livestock and cooking programs into a working food sovereignty effort, according to a two-year impact report released this month.

Strong winds bent canopies and swept across Johnson Field at the University of New Mexico on Sunday, but they did little to slow the drums, dancers and families gathered for the 67th Annual Nizhoni Days Powwow.