CLEARFIELD — The language of the Navajo rose and fell as Patricia Benally spoke to her class Wednesday evening with guttural stops, prolonged vowels and soft consonants. Benally recited the Pledge of ...

FARMINGTON, N.M. — Isaac Merritt and Kaydence Yazzie are the CCSD students who have earned the Navajo Nation bilingual seal of proficiency. Wednesday, the district and the Intercultural and Community ...

This article is part of the collection: What Personalized Learning Looks Like Across the Country: The 2017 Fifty States Project. The STAR (Service To All Relations) School is located on the ...

Several days into their spring break, 14 Princeton students found themselves in the middle of the Arizona desert, with nighttime temperatures in the 30s and no running water or electricity. Some lay ...

FARMINGTON, N.M. — New Mexico has adopted a textbook for learning the Navajo language. The textbook’s co-author, Evangelina Parsons Yazzie, was on hand Friday at Farmington High School with Gov. Bill ...

FARMINGTON – Even with case rates slowing on the Navajo Nation, schools are likely to implement virtual learning for the fall semester, with funding support from the federal CARES Act. The Navajo ...

FARMINGTON — A New Mexico teachers union and the employee union for the Central Consolidated School District are asking a district court to order CCSD to consult with the Navajo Nation about reopening ...

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EAST GRAND FORKS — A small group of first-graders hovered around the table, watching intently as Dennis “Spiritdancer” Rogers dropped a grain of colored sand onto the image of an eagle in a shallow ...

Ravonelle Yazzie is not an actor. And prior to getting cast in the small, two-line part she'd never recorded a voice over, been in a studio, or even heard of foley work. But she is fluent in Navajo.