Author: Krista Allen

Keely Welch learned Navajo by listening to her mother and grandmother talk to each other and at family gatherings where aunties, uncles and cousins carried on conversations in the kitchen.

Two sisters are accused of using money from a federally funded housing organization serving Santa Ana Pueblo to pay people for work they allegedly did not perform, then collecting much of the money back in cash, according to a federal indictment.

Diné who were at least 75 by May 31 may apply beginning Oct. 5 for a one-time $250 hardship payment, more than four months after a June 1 launch deadline set by President Buu Nygren.

A New Mexico Department of Transportation road crew found no immediate concern with the San Juan River bridge in Shiprock Friday, according to Delegate Eugenia Charles-Newton, as rising water prompted state transportation personnel to monitor the crossing and roadway.

The Diné Hataałii Association has ordered a temporary halt to ceremonies and ceremonial gatherings under its authority following the drowning deaths of three people in New Mexico.