PHOENIX, AZ – Verdaleen Denetdale of Tohatchi, NM recently graduated from Drexel University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Nutrition.  She is currently finishing up her dietetic internship with the Southwest Dietetic Internship Consortium at the Phoenix Indian Medical Center in conjunction with the Kayenta Service Unit.  She is Ta’neeszahnii, Tangle People Clan born [...]

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KAYENTA, AZ –  It was a warm and cool sunny morning in Kayenta, and the blue sky was scattered with distant cumulus clouds promising more rain in various parts of Navajo land, as the Elders came into town from various parts of the Navajo Nation to participate in the Western Navajo Agency 2009 Elder Fest.  [...]

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KAYENTA, AZ – The Kayenta Fourth of July All Indian Rodeo and Festivities will be held July 01 to July 04, 2009 and is headed to become the premier All-Indian Rodeo in Indian Country. 
 
The rodeo’s website touts:  “Kayenta has a long storied past of producing the best All Indian cowboys and cowgirls in all [...]

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WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. ­ Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley, Jr., on Thursday
ordered flags on the Navajo Nation to be flown at half-staff from today
until sundown May 30 in honor of the late Navajo Code Talker Thomas Claw of
Parker, Ariz., who died Tuesday.
 
The late Thomas Claw was a renowned Navajo Code Talker who served the
United States [...]

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THE NAVAJO NATION FILM OFFICE WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND THE INVITATION TO NAVAJO NATION & ITS MEMBERS, GENERAL PUBLIC AND INTERESTED INDIVIDUALS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY & STATES OF ARIZONA & NEW MEXICO TO PARTICIPATE IN THE JUNE 18TH, 19TH & 20TH, 2009 ARIZONA FILM & TELEVISION WORKSHOP TO BE HELD AT THE NAVAJO NATION [...]

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OPEN CASTING CALL
SATURDAY MAY 30,  3-6pm
TRILLION GALLERY
510 2nd Street NW
Albuquerque, NM 87101  
 
Blackhorse Lowe is in search of an Actress for his upcoming modern day romantic comedy short film production of  (((( b. DREAMS )))).
 
Film will be shot in and around Shiprock and Farmington in late JUNE 2009.
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June 16th-18th • Flagstaff, AZ • www.oybm.org
• Make a Short Movie!
• Learn Hands-on Script Writing!
• Camera Operation!
• Lighting!
• Video Editing!
• & More!
The workshop is free & open to young Native people ages 12-30. (exceptions made of course!) Lunch will be provided. Housing & transportation will not be provided.
The Outta Your Backpack Media Collective creates community ownership of media, recognizing the inherent creative energy [...]

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Pictured: L to R Mustang Head Girls Basketball Coach Robert Nash, MVHS Athletic Director Jacob Holiday, and Navajo County District 1 Supervisor Jonathan Nez (All are Mustang Alumni)
KAYENTA, AZ – The Navajo County Board of Supervisors Notice of Public Hearings, Meeting, and Agenda for Tuesday, May 26, 2009 seemed like business as usual, but on this day [...]

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WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – In a Memorial Day message, Navajo Nation Council Speaker Lawrence T. Morgan urged Navajos to join fellow Americans in reflecting on the sacrifices of our fallen servicemen and women.
 
“On Memorial Day, American families will gather with family and friends for backyard barbeques and get-togethers, but let us not forget the real meaning [...]

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In Honor of Our Fallen Soldiers on Memorial Day 2009
Just weeks before Navajo leaders signed the Treaty of 1868 at Fort Sumner,
N.M., the national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, General John
Logan, officially proclaimed May 30 as Decoration Day through his General
Order No. 11.
The May 5, 1868, order called for springtime flowers to [...]

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