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The kitchen has always been a place of story for Brendan Basham, a space where flavor, memory and culture meet.

The doors stayed closed for years after Paul James Rock came home from Vietnam. When he and his wife Arlene sought housing assistance for their growing family, applications went nowhere. They lived in the Bennett Freeze Area where development had been halted for decades, and caseworkers turned them away before even reviewing their paperwork.

A resilient legacy of Diné weaving is now reaching homes across the country through a new collaboration between siblings Naiomi and Tyler Glasses and Ralph Lauren Home.

Despite multiple surgeries, long stretches of solitude and relentless mosquitoes, Diné backpacker Jeremy Barney has completed the 2,650-mile Pacific Crest Trail.

Ten-year-old Nevaeh Lebron already knows the grit of early mornings, long rides, and the rush of the arena.