During her gap year from school from 1977 to 1978, McKenna interned with the Museum of Northern Arizona, staying on the Navajo and Hopi nations to assist with collecting objects such as woven rugs, pottery, baskets and jewelry for the museum’s Navajo Arts and Crafts Show.

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — At the ninth annual Rumble on the Mountain event at Northern Arizona University on Sept. 9, the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument was celebrated with members of the Havasupai, Navajo and Hopi tribes, Grand Canyon wildlife advocates and the community.

Hopi Tribal Chairman Timothy Nuvangyaoma is using his past prison experience to bring to light problems for re-entry of Hopi and Indigenous peoples. Nuvangyaoma was the keynote speaker of the first Reentry Summit on Justice Involved Tribal Members that took place at Twin Arrows Casino Resort Aug. 17 - 18.

SANTA FE, N.M. — A museum in New Mexico to honor the Navajo Code Talkers is about $40 million shy of becoming a reality, according to organizers.

Ask anyone where the best cup of joe on the western Navajo Nation can be found and they’ll point you in the direction of Stay Grounded coffee truck.
- 75th annual Navajo Nation Fair doesn’t disappoint
- An electrifying mutual aid project helping 13,000 on Navajo Nation get power
- Miss Navajo Nation Pageant honors tradition of sheep butchering contest
- Barbie gets a Navajo makeover by master Diné weaver Barbara Teller Ornelas
- KARMA event allows educators and families to explore culture with engineering
- Winslow welcomes actress Erika Alexander home with dedication
- Red Mesa Tapaha Solar Farm to provide power to several Navajo Nation chapters
- Women take the trails at Rezduro
- Saying goodbye: season 3 will be final season of “Reservation Dogs”
- Nygren signs Navajo Nation Victims Right Act
- Navajo Nation vice president and husband separate
- 75th annual Navajo Nation Fair doesn’t disappoint
- Young Navajo director making a name for himself at national festivals
- State Route 64 closed south of Grand Canyon due to flooding
- Barbie gets a Navajo makeover by master Diné weaver Barbara Teller Ornelas
- The World’s Largest Navajo rug to be on exhibit at Affeldt Mion Museum
- Navajo Transitional Energy wins excellence in reclamation award for Yazzie Wildlife Bluff
- Navajo Nation Vice President divorces
- Dilkon Medical Center nears completion
- Indigenous fashion celebrated at Santa Fe Indian Market