In the high deserts of the American Southwest, there is a name that traditional Navajo elders often refuse to speak aloud. The "Skinwalker" is not merely a ghost story, but a profound cultural warning ...

SHIPROCK, New Mexico—Bertha Etsitty spoke in the Navajo language about using traditional cooking methods to mix blue corn meal, water and ash from burned branches and needles of the juniper tree into ...

All eyes were cast on the six young women competing. Cheers erupted as they came out, waved to the crowds and took their spots by large wooden butchering stands, tied-up sheep close by. Behind them ...

Farmington Municipal Schools is bringing tradition to life through building a Navajo hogan at Tibbetts Middle School. The purpose is to connect students with Diné culture, ...

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