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When she’s on her motorcycle the rural scenery and open road of the Navajo Nation are a welcome site for Geri Hongeva.

By Stacy Thacker, Native Startup June 6, 2023
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2nd annual Color Run Run returns to Chinle Chapter
Families to Enjoy 2-Mile Walk and Meet Elmo from Sesame Street at the Chinle Chapter House

The Johns Hopkins Center for Indigenous Health’s Summer Research Enhancement Program and Diné College are teaming up to host the eagerly anticipated 2nd Annual Color Fun Run on June 14 from 5-8 pm.

June 6, 2023
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Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren honored a young Diné woman today for having her skateboard art with a Navajo design placed on a U.S. Postal Service "Forever Stamp" to share across the country.

June 6, 2023
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Intergenerational trauma and violence has led to increased cardiovascular disease in American/Alaskan Native (AI/AN) women in childbearing years, according to a scientific statement published by The American Heart Association (AHA) this week.

By Kaili Berg, Native News Online June 6, 2023
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Judge Sunshine Suzanne Sykes, Navajo, made history May 26 when she was sworn in as a federal district judge for the Central District of California in Riverside, California with her family, friends and colleagues supporting her from beside the stage.

By Neely Bardwell, Native News Online June 6, 2023
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Rose Blackhorse-Gill recently received the prestigious Emergency Medical Care Technician (EMCT) award from the Arizona Department of Health Services Bureau of Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Systems, representing the Northern Arizona Emergency Medical Services Council (NAEMS).

By Navajo-Hopi Observer June 6, 2023
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The Hopi Foundation hosted The Flora Family Foundation May 9. The organization helps fund the foundation and Hopi Tutskwa Permaculture Institute.

May 30, 2023
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University of Arizona leaders welcomed Hopi Tribe Chairman Timothy Nuvangyaoma to campus May 25 for a ceremony to celebrate a new addition to the sign outside Old Main.

May 30, 2023
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Biakeddy said that the team she worked with in Fort Defiance was the driving force for her going back to school to earn her Master of Public Health.

May 23, 2023
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Julie Buchholtz didn’t plan for an internet search to change her life, but it did. Buchholtz, a member of the Bay Mills Indian Tribe, dreamed of being a published author.

By Stacy Thacker, Native News Online May 16, 2023
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WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Navajo Nation leaders are paying tribute to the life and military service of the late Steven Harrison, a member of the Navajo Nation and World War II veteran, who passed away May 10 at the age of 101.

May 16, 2023
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Two Indigenous wins for Pulitzer Prize
This year's winners include a First Nations podcaster who focused on her father's boarding school experience

Among the winners of this year's Pulitzer Prizes, which recognizes the best of journalism and the arts, included investigative reporter and host Connie Walker, Okanese First Nation (Cree) and the Gimlet Media team won for audio journalism.

By Kalle Benallie, Indian Country Today May 16, 2023
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Forced from Grand Canyon National Park, the Havasupai Tribe embraces spiritual homecoming
Forced from Grand Canyon National Park, the Havasupai Tribe embraces spiritual homecoming

GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. — Carletta Tilousi hit the trail as the sun rose, the light revealing a grouping of cottonwood and ash trees deep in the Grand Canyon.

By Felicia Fonseca, Associated Press May 16, 2023
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HOLBROOK, Ariz. — “It really is a few caring people who change the world!” commented Betsyann Wilson, executive director of Northland Pioneer College Friends and Family, after Arizona Gives Day April 4.

May 9, 2023
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CROWNPOINT, NM —Navajo Technical University held its celebration for the Doctor of Philosophy in Diné Culture and Language Sustainability program inside the Wellness Center April 23.

May 9, 2023

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