Opinion

In high school, my mascot was the ‘Redskins’ and I had to watch my classmates make posters saying we are going to ‘skin’ our sports opponents. The other teams would make posters that said they are going to send us home on a ‘trail of tears

On July 16, 1945, 80 years ago, the federal government detonated the first atomic bomb in the Tularosa Basin of New Mexico. That test, known as the Trinity Test, changed the world – and it changed our home forever.

The $44.9 million in general fund support for child care assistance, paired with $81 million in federal Child Care and Development Fund authority, is a much-needed investment in our state’s economic infrastructure.

In the Navajo Nation, beauty is more than a word. It represents a balance of life, from the morning prayers meditating at dawn to the way each of us fosters a compassionate relationship with one another. It is this compassion and love that radiates for our elders, how we raise our children, and how each of us walks in balance with the land