Learning the clan system with a mug of coffee
For the past year, young Navajos have been learning more about their culture by drinking a cup of coffee each morning.
Read MoreAuthor: Bill Donovan
50 Years Ago: Solving the water problem for Navajo and Gallup
You could say that the birth of the idea for the Navajo-Gallup Water Pipeline began with a letter that was sent to Navajo Tribal Chairman Raymond Nakai on December 10, 1965.
Read MoreParris appointed to be tribe’s new controller
After a search that took several months, Jim R. Parris was appointed to replace Mark Grant as controller.
Read More50 Years Ago: Giving Navajo youth power and remembering a Navajo casualty of the Vietnam War
There is no historic record on who came up with the idea, but it appears that sometime in early or mid-1960, someone in the Bureau of Indian Affairs got the idea on how to change the future for the Navajo Tribe.
Read More50 Years Ago: VISTA sets new rules; BIA vacates Gallup
There was a distinct fear by Navajo tribal officials that the rape in early 1965 of a 19-year-old VISTA volunteer who was living in a hogan on the Navajo Reservation would seriously affect the operations of the program not only on the Navajo reservation but in the other reservations in the state as well.
Read MoreWeather & Road Conditions
Window Rock Weather
Fair
32.0 F (0.0 C)
Dewpoint: 26.1 F (-3.3 C)
Humidity: 79%
Wind: Northeast at 3.5 MPH (3 KT)
Pressure: 30.17
Dewpoint: 26.1 F (-3.3 C)
Humidity: 79%
Wind: Northeast at 3.5 MPH (3 KT)
Pressure: 30.17
Highway 264,
I-40, WB @ Winslow