More than 3,000 Native American children died in the custody of the U.S. government after being forced to attend so-called Indian boarding schools, according to an investigation by The Washington Post ...
Seventeen of the 76 deaths in the state stemmed from tuberculosis, making it the most common cause of death. Seven suffered ...
DURANGO, Colo. — “Zero! Názbąs! Keep going,” instructed Elfreida Begay, a Navajo language teacher at Durango High School. “Tʼááłáʼí, naaki, tááʼ,” a dozen students recited in unison. Some glanced at ...
The Post’s year-long investigation found that three times as many Native American students had died at boarding schools ...
NAVAJO NATION (KRQE) – A Navajo high school teacher is bringing the ocean to the New Mexico desert. Kim Etsitty is a science ...
he thought of Navajo and its unique complexity. Chester Nez, one of the creators of the code who died in 2014, started attending a Bureau of Indian Affairs boarding school at 8 years old ...
By Adam Burke Susan Hudson's studio near Ignacio, Colorado, is often a chaotic mess of brightly colored fabrics and ...
Monument Valley High School students Shandii Begaye and Markeisha Tom answered questions about Navajo traditional clothing with their presentations at the school’s “Abstracts of Life” art show Dec. 12 ...
The Hardrock Chapter House will host a planning meeting today at 5 p.m. to discuss community matters and prepare for the new ...
from the legacy of Indian boarding schools where native children were separated from their families to the Navajo Long Walk when people were forcibly removed from their homeland in the 1860s.