SANTA FE, N.M. – Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley, Jr., says if Navajos can remember the lessons of their grandparents, they can avoid many of the problems associated with severe weather emergencies that tend to occur year after year.
“Growing up, I don’t remember any talk about emergencies,” he told some 300 participants at the 2010 [...]

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Geronimo, Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, Manuelito put their lives on the line fighting the U.S. Calvary in the face of modern weapons like the Gatlin Gun, Canons, repeating rifles, Winchesters, and they faced certain death using mainly bows and arrows at first.  To me, the reason these warriors fought and put their lives on the [...]

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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
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For Immediate Release                                                                                               October 30, 2009
 
NATIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH, 2009
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BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION

The indigenous peoples of North America — the First Americans — have woven rich and diverse threads into the tapestry of our Nation’s heritage. Throughout [...]

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KAYENTA, AZ – The Kayenta Township is looking to bring on Monument Valley High School Students as bloggers and Kayenta Today reporters to cover youth based, youth-generated, student news.  Obviously, with the Football team looking for a successful season, a girls basketball team expected to capture its second State Championship title this year, and the girls wrestling team to garner [...]

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KAYENTA, AZ – From June 08,2009 to July 31, 2009, the Kayenta Township had an opportunity to have a Student Reporter on staff through a worksite agreement with the Western Agency Navajo Nation Workforce Development Office.  Roderick Begay, who is currently a student a Dine College, brought with him strong skills in research and people [...]

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WASHINGTON, DC — When singer Chris Brown reportedly assaulted his girlfriend, fellow singer Rihanna, following an argument on Sunday, February 8th, there was an immediate public outcry of support for Rihanna. 
Visibly battered and bruised, Rihanna has joined the ranks of millions of women, becoming part of a horrifying statistic of 1 in 4 women who [...]

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Tuesday, February 03, 2009
6:00 pm
Kayenta Town Hall Meeting Room
KAYENTA- The Library4Kayenta organization will be meeting Tuesday, February 03, 2009 at the Kayenta Town Hall at 6:00 p.m.  All interested community members are encouraged to attend.
Library organizer, Dee Bates, will present the latest updates concerning the location of a library, the present library, and the discussions [...]

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A mass e-mail that I had recieved which is also posted on a few other blog sites on the Internet. I found it interesting because it shows how some tribes would perfer have a non-Native film maker tell their stories rather than a Native film maker. This clearly shows the end result or poor decision making. Let’s [...]

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The November 4, 2008 Election for the President and Vice-President of the United States of America along with others who seeked political office through out the country has become a historic event in the twentieth-century for the young and elderly of diverse ethnic background. The support for change was evident from organizations of veterans, labor, [...]

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