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Richelle Montoya is an American politician who is the 11th vice president of the Navajo Nation. [2] She is the first woman elected to the executive office of Navajo Nation. [2] Montoya is from Torreon, Sandoval County, New Mexico and is Hashtł'ishnii (Mud clan) and born for Ta'neeszahnii (Tangle clan). [3]
Navajo medicine covers a range of traditional healing practices of the Indigenous American Navajo people. ... In modern times however, monetary payment has become a ...
The Navajo Nation Museum is a museum and library on Navajo ground in Window Rock, Arizona. Its collections, exhibits, and other activities focus on the cultural history of the Navajo people . Its activities include traditional museum exhibits, a research library, and programs that help to revive and preserve the Navajo language .
In June 2015, Gannett acquired fully-ownership of the Farmington Daily Times and ten other newspapers from Digital First Media. [6] A rival newspaper called the Tri-City Record was founded in May 2023 by Ballantine Communications Inc. [7] The Farmington Daily Times was acquired by Ballantine a year later and merged into the Tri-City Record. [1]
Founded by Robert Roessel Sr. and Ruth Roessel (), the school opened in 1966 as the Rough Rock Demonstration School (RRDS).[2] [3]In response to Native American activists' efforts to take control of their children's educations, that was the first school for which the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) contracted with a tribal nation to operate it; the Navajo Nation were the first to operate a BIA ...
Navajo Dam is a dam on the San Juan River, a tributary of the Colorado River, in northwestern New Mexico in the United States. The 402-foot (123 m) high earthen dam is situated in the foothills of the San Juan Mountains about 44 miles (71 km) upstream and east of Farmington, New Mexico. [3]
The Navajo Nation Zoological and Botanical Park (Navajo: Diné Bikéyah binaaldeehii dóó chʼil danílʼínídi) is located in Window Rock, Arizona, the capital of the Navajo Nation. It is the only tribally owned zoological park in the United States [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and is notable among zoological facilities in that it labels its exhibits in the ...
The Navajo occupation of the region has been divided by archaeologists into two major phases - the Dinétah phase (ca. 1500-1630), which includes the entrance and settling of the area by the Navajo, and the Gobernador phase (ca. 1630-1800), during which time the Navajo culture became fully defined.