How Indigenous knowledge helped solve a mysterious outbreak
When a mysterious and deadly illness began to sicken members of the Navajo community in the Four Corners region of the ...
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As hantavirus 'season' looms, state health officials urge residents to take precautions
as mice often try to enter them to find shelter. More: Navajo Nation health officials warn of hantavirus after first case confirmed ...
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Navajo leader calls for tribal vice president’s resignation amid political upheaval
Navajo Nation Buu Nygren has removed responsibilities from Vice President Richelle Montoya. Nygren has called on Montoya to resign. Montoya previously accused Nygren of sexual harassment and ...
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Navajo Nation President asks VP to resign
POLITICAL SPLIT HAPPENING IN WINDOW ROCK. THE APPARENTLY CONTENTIOUS RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE NAVAJO NATION’S TOP LEADERS GROWING EVEN MORE SO. PRESIDENT BEAU NYGREN ANNOUNCING HIS VICE ...
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On Navajo Nation, a push to electrify more homes on the vast reservation
HALCHITA, Utah (AP) — After a five-year wait, Lorraine Black and Ricky Gillis heard the rumblings of an electrical crew reach their home on the sprawling Navajo Nation. In five days’ time ...
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Recent Approaches in Hantavirus Vaccine Development
Rodent-borne hantaviruses are associated with two main clinical disorders in humans: hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome and hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome. Although hantavirus diseases can ...
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The Treaty that Reversed a Removal—the Navajo Treaty of 1868—Goes on View
Written on paper from an army ledger book, the Navajo Nation Treaty reunited the Navajo with a portion of the land taken from them by the U.S. government. Between 1863 to 1866, in an event that ...
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Navajo VP continues attending events after her duties were removed
THE DAY. THEY WERE SWORN IN TO THE SOUND OF CHEERS NEARLY TWO YEARS AGO. NOW, A FRACTURED RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NAVAJO NATION PRESIDENT BOO NYGREN AND VICE PRESIDENT RACHELLE MONTOYA. ON TUESDAY ...
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A Journey Into 5,000 Years of History at Canyon de Chelly
Going on a Navajo-led tour of this national monument in northeastern Arizona takes you to ancient ruins and sacred places that most tourists never see. By Derek M. Norman Reporting from the Navajo ...
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Navajo Nation Code Talker John Kinsel dies at 107 in Arizona
John Kinsel, one of the last remaining Navajo Code Talkers, has died at the age of 107. Born in Cove, Arizona, Kinsel lived in the Navajo community of Lukachukai. He enlisted in the U.S. Marine ...
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Why Mark Ruffalo Joined the Navajo Nation’s 3-Mile Walk to the Polls: ‘This System Hasn’t Been Fair’ (Exclusive)
The 56-year-old actor traveled to the Navajo Nation on Saturday, Oct. 12, to participate in Walk to the Polls, a civic campaign to boost voter turnout among young Indigenous people in the 2024 ...