When the Navajo Times published authenticated text messages between President Buu Nygren and Controller McCabe earlier this (week), many readers felt uneasy. The exchange revealed not only a disagreement about government spending but a deeper issue about tone, humility and how far our leaders have strayed from the values our elders taught us.
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The turmoil now happening in Window Rock has been brewing for months as evidenced by reports in the Navajo Times. This turmoil must stop before it gets worse.
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This past weekend, although it was very windy, I took a chance to take the Low Mountain Road to shorten driving time to the Shiprock fair. All summer long, I would come from the west into First Mesa and see the dust covering the entire valley from Low Mountain. This dust is caused by vehicles transporting people to work and school. I was not surprised to encounter the number of vehicles that day also on the 13-mile stretch of dirt road.
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My grandfather told me, “Get an education because nobody can take it from you.” Today, one needs an education more than yesteryear; and we owe it to our children and community members to provide access to quality education.
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In Michael Feeney Callan’s 2011 biography, Redford recalls traveling “all over the Navajo reservation” with his mother as a boy. In Gallup, he first met Navajo and Zuni people. As Callan writes, “She connected him with the past, introducing him to Native Americans on Navajo reservations in Arizona and to Yosemite.”
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