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Incredible Story of Navajo Mike, Child of the Dust Devil Air

Michael Sean Comerford | Posted 05.14.2013 | Travel
Read More: Navajo Nation, Midlife Crisis, American Indians, Carnivals, Travel, Fifty News, Baby Boomers, Hitchhiking, Gathering of Nations, Travel News
Michael Sean Comerford

The wind blew a small tornado of tumbleweeds onto the parking lot of the Motel 6 along the old Route 66 in Moriarity, NM. So many tumbleweeds it blocked the entrance to the parking lot and made parking impossible before someone from the hotel came out to clear the lot.

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Why the R*dsk*ns Need to Change Their Name

Amanda Blackhorse | Posted 05.08.2013 | Sports
Read More: Redskins Nfl, Navajo Nation, Nfl, Redskins, Redskins Racist History, Racist, Racism, Native Americans, Native American Culture, Washington Redskins, Sports News
Amanda Blackhorse

If we can agree that I should not be called a "redskin" because that would be racist, then isn't it obvious that the Washington NFL team should not use the name? Eighty years' use of a racist term does not make a racist practice a legitimate tradition. It makes it 80 years overdue for a change.

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Paranormal Files of the Navajo Rangers

Alejandro Rojas | Posted 10.16.2012 | Weird News
Read More: Ghosts, Ufo, Ufos, Navajo Nation, Paranormal, Skinwalker, Bigfoot, Aliens, UFO and Paranormal, UFO News, Video, Weird News News
Alejandro Rojas

Dover and Milford say that in one case a young woman said she was followed by a glowing orb while driving home at night. When she arrived home she saw what appeared to be a large rabbit where she usually parks. She ran inside and went to sleep, only to awaken with a headache.

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California Girl on the Rez

Marena Dieden | Posted 09.23.2012 | Teen
Read More: Navajo Nation, Indian Reservations, Navajo, Mormonism, Navajo Teens, Navajo Culture, Teen News
Marena Dieden

I'm in Page, Arizona hanging out with Navajo teenage boys. The boys welcome me warmly into their assimilated world. They are hospitable, kind, and intrigued by "my side of the world."

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Sun Kissed: A Documentary About XP and Harmony

Deborah Stambler | Posted 06.25.2012 | Impact
Read More: Navajo Nation, Silver Docs, XP Disease, La Film Festival, Sun Kissed, Dorey and Yolanda Nez, Video, Impact News
Deborah Stambler

There's no cure for XP. Those with the disease burn, freckle and blister after minimal sun exposure. They are at much greater risk for skin cancers. The disease has neurological implications and leaves the child developmentally delayed. People with XP rarely live past the age of 20.

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Gerry Smith

On Tribal Lands, Digital Divide Brings New Form Of Isolation

HuffingtonPost.com | Gerry Smith | Posted 04.23.2012 | Technology
Read More: Internet Access, Navajo Nation, Native American, Native Americans, Tribal Land, The Navajo Nation, Breakdown, Internet, Navajo, Fcc, Federal Communications Commission, Broadband Access, Wireless, Navajo Indians Internet Access, Technology News

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. -- Like many college students, Wilhelmina Tsosie must go online to complete her assignments. But unlike the vast majority of Americ...

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The Next Disneyland?

AP | FELICIA FONSECA | Posted 03.25.2012 | Green
Read More: Grand Canyon Navajo, Video, Navajo Nation, Navajo Grand Canyon, Grand Canyon Development, East Rim Grand Canyon, Bodaway Gap, Green News

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- Generations of Navajo families have grazed livestock on a remote but spectacular mesa that overlooks the confluence of the Colorad...

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Democratic Shift: Arizona Turns to New Leadership in Historic Congressional Campaign

Jeff Biggers | Posted 05.02.2012 | Politics
Read More: Labor, Navajo Nation, Latino Voters, Ann Kirkpatrick, United Steelworkers of America, Wenona Benally Baldenegro, Paul Gosar, Native America, Arizona, Democrats, Benally Baldenegro, Politics News
Jeff Biggers

With a 9-point Democratic voter edge in the newly redrawn District 1, an alliance of resurgent Arizona Democratic Party leaders and Latino and Native American groups has placed Wenona Benally Baldenegro's historic Congressional campaign into the national spotlight.

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Navajo To Urban Outfitters: Stop Ripping Off Our Name

AP | FELICIA FONSECA | Posted 03.02.2012 | Business
Read More: Branding, Video, Navajo Nation, Navajo, Urban Outfitters, Trademark Infringement, Hipster Clothing, Business News

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- The Navajo Nation has sued Urban Outfitters Inc. months after the tribe sent a cease and desist letter to the clothing retailer de...

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Better Late Than Never: A Conversation With Buffy Sainte-Marie

Mike Ragogna | Posted 02.26.2012 | Entertainment
Read More: Joe Cocker, John Trudell, Navajo Nation, American Indians, Jack Nitzsche, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Jennifer Warnes, Cree, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

"I found out a couple years ago that I'm actually dyslexic in music ... it does explain why I can write for an orchestra but then I can't read it back the next day. It's like trying to write with my left hand. It can be done but it doesn't make any sense for me."

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Banned for Life From Facebook, Man Finds a Home on Google Plus (Video)

Dan McDermott | Posted 01.15.2012 | Technology
Read More: Steve Jobs, Spyware, Banned, Navajo Nation, Vancouver, Social Networking, Spying, Facebook, Guinness Book of World Records, Social Media, Montreal, Google+ Hangouts, Gadgets, Apple, Navajo, Google Plus, Guinness World Records, Captcha, Facebook Lawsuit, Gps, Google Plus Brands, Hacking, Walter Isaacson, Hackers, Video, Technology News
Dan McDermott

My special guest on this edition of Google Plus Week is Adam Guerbuez, the Montreal marketer who got sued for $873 million by Facebook and lost.

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A Code Talker's 'Journey to War and Back'

Dorian de Wind | Posted 12.23.2011 | Impact
Read More: Clarence Wolf Guts., u.s. Marines, World War II, Navajo-Nation, Code Talkers, Chester Nez., Native Americans, Windtalkers, Impact News
Dorian de Wind

A little more than a year ago, I wrote an article about a subject that I found fascinating: "The World War II Navajo Code Talkers." It started with a...

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Urban Outfitters Removes 'Navajo' From Its Product Descriptions

The Huffington Post | Erin Clements | Posted 12.20.2011 | Style
Read More: Jezebel, Urban Outfitters Controversy, Navajo Nation, Urban Outfitters, Navajo, Style News

Last week, we reported that Urban Outfitters was taking heat for featuring the word "Navajo" in its product descriptions. In an open letter to the ...

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Navajos Seek Exemption For Grand Canyon Flights

AP | By FELICIA FONSECA | Posted 12.12.2011 | Travel
Read More: Global Pulse, Grand Canyon, Navajo Nation, Navajos Grand Canyon, Grand Canyon Tourism, Travel News

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- An American Indian tribe whose reservation borders the Grand Canyon wants to boost its economy by giving tourists an aerial view o...

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'Green News Report' - October 4, 2011

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 12.04.2011 | Green
Read More: Epa, Nigeria, Renewable Energy, Regulation, Green Belt Movement, Green News Report, Pollution, Solar Decathlon, Coal, Radiation, Engineering, Military, Radioactivity, Oil Spill, Big Oil, Fossil Fuels, Climate Science, Gop, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change, Global Warming Deniers, Solar Power, Global Warming, Bp, Energy, Lobbying, Nuclear Energy, Environmentalism, Shell Oil, Texas, Energy Efficiency, Koch Brothers, Dept of Energy, BRAD BLOG, Green News, Koch Industries, Sustainability, Logging, Natural Gas, BP Oil Spill, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Extreme Weather, Solyndra, China, Salmon, Navajo Nation, Shipping, Forests, Salmonella, Factory Farming, Mining, Uranium, James Hansen, Tuvalu, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Koch Indu...

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Street Art Campaign Protests Coal Mining In Navajo Nation

Posted 11.22.2011 | Home
Read More: Brooklyn Street Art, Navajo Nation, Unemployment, Jetsonorama, 350.Org, Slidepollajax, Flagstaff, Arizona, Flagstaff-Arizona, Coal Mining, Coal, Home News

Brooklyn Street Art reports: Street Artist Jetsonorama has a new campaign in Flagstaff, Arizona and on the Navajo Nation reservation using his photogr...

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Eat Your Heart Out On Record-breaking Taco

AP | Posted 11.12.2011 | Weird News
Read More: Navajo Nation, Navajo Taco, Bill Lee, Weird New Mexico, World' Largest Navajo Taco, Gallup New Mexico, Gallup Mckinley County Chamber of Commerce, Weird News News

GALLUP, N.M. -- Residents in Gallup have set what is being billed as the record for the world's largest Navajo taco, using 150 pieces of fry bread and...

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Navajo Nation Strugging With Reservation Dogs

AP | By JERI CLAUSING | Posted 10.16.2011 | Denver
Read More: Navajo Nation, Feral Dogs, Vicious Dogs, Rez Dog, Navajo Nation Animal Care, Kayenta, Reservation Dogs, Navajo Nation Vets, Loose Dogs, Denver News

GALLUP, N.M. -- The 55-year-old man was found lying on the side of the road on the Navajo Nation, a pack of dogs mauling him relentlessly. Emergency w...

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Arizona's New Democrats: Wenona's Historic Bid Inspires Bipartisan Campaign Against Radical Tea Party Rep. Gosar

Jeff Biggers | Posted 09.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Grand Canyon, Navajo Nation, Congress, Independents, Rep. Paul Ryan, Rep. Paul Gosar, Wenona Benally Baldenegro, President Obama, Epa, Rural America, Arizona, Democrats, Health Care, Tea Party, Republicans, Politics News
Jeff Biggers

In one of the largest Congressional districts in the nation, stretching across the rural heartland of eastern Arizona from the Four Corners region to ...

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Swastika Case Another Race Issue For Four Corners Town

AP | TIM KORTE | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver
Read More: Four Corners, Navajo Nation, Swastika, Farmington New Mexico, Denver News

FARMINGTON, N.M. — Three friends had just finished their shifts at a McDonald's when prosecutors say they carried out a gruesome attack on a cus...

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Uranium Mine At Navajo Aquifer Can Go Forward After Court Ruling

AP | SUE MAJOR HOLMES | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver
Read More: Supreme Court, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Navajo Nation, New Mexico Environmental Law Center, New Mexico, Leach Mining, Navajo Aquifer, Uranium, Denver News

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A company says the U.S. Supreme Court has cleared the last legal challenge to its license to mine uranium at an aquifer that...

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Voices From the Inside: Prison News Is Back

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Navajo Nation, Publishing, California, Maximum Security Prison, San Quentin Prison, Prison, San Quentin, Johnny Cash, Newspaper, San Quentin News, San Francisco, Entertainment News
Shirin Sadeghi

2010-12-02-quentin.tiffPrisoners make of life behind bars what they can. While for many of them the outside is no longer theirs to experience, there are ways for them to connect to it -- ways like the San Quentin News.

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Black Cross Movement Calls Out Dangerous Navajo Coal Mines (Photos)

Jeff Biggers | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Navajo Nation, Black Cross Alliance, Massey, Msha, Office of Surface Mining, Peabody, Coal, Coal Mining, Strip Mining, Kayenta, Dinetah, Green News
Jeff Biggers

As the Labor Department made an unprecedented move yesterday to file a court injunction to shut down a hazardous Massey Energy coal mine in eastern Ke...

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Green News Report: November 2, 2010 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Green Jobs, 2010 Elections, Clean Energy, Fda, Green News Report, Water Crisis, Pipeline, Offshore Drilling, Rising Sea Level, Tea Baggers, Fossil Fuels, Big Oil, Genetically Modified Food, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Disney, Global Warming Deniers, Gulf of Mexico, Tea Party, Bp, Yemen, Gmos, Van Jones, Terrorism, BRAD BLOG, California Prop 23, Mrsa, Green News, Climate Legislation, BP Oil Spill, Ethanol, Salmon, Navajo Nation, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., United Nations, Convention on Biological Diversity, Natural Capitalism, Global Warming, Rfk Jr, Mining, Halliburton, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Steppin' ...

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HuffPost's Greatest Person Of The Day: Dr. Patricia Nez Henderson, Native American Health Advocate

The Huffington Post | Dominique Fenton | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: Navajo Nation, American Indians, Health, Greatest-Person-of-the-Day, Native Americans, Slideshow, Tobacco, South Dakota, History of the Black Hills in Indian Country, Slidepollajax, Lakota, Video, Impact News

Every day on HuffPost, we're highlighting one 'Greatest Person' -- an exceptional individual who is confronting the country's economic and political c...

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