Education

Western Resource Advocates has presented its 2018 Emerging Leader Award to Hopi outdoor education leader Marshall Masayesva.

Diné College is hosting the 50th anniversary scholarship gala and student fundraiser Sept. 22 in Scottsdale, Arizona, to help students with financial needs.

The Navajo Nation will retrocede the Borrego Pass Community School to the U.S. Bureau of Education due to $1.9 million in debt.

The Indian Child Welfare Act outlawed non-Indian foster and adoptive placements and created a process to transfer cases to tribal courts. Diné children were coming home and Navajo Community College, now known as Diné College, played a part.

St. Michael Indian School announced July 30 Tazbah Shortey was appointed as principal of St. Michael Indian School — the first Navajo Catholic to hold the position in the school’s history.