Gathering of Nations Kassie John, the 2024–25 Miss Indian World from Rock Point, Arizona, invites everyone to the 42nd Gathering of Nations in Albuquerque, taking place April 24–26. Navajo Times | Nicholas House | Navajo Times

There are over 67,000 eligible voters living in Navajo Nation, which stretches across Arizona, Utah, and New Mexico. Trying to get members here to the polls, means knowing which state to vote in but after being devastated by COVID-19, Navajo Nation is showing up to the polls. | VICE News Tonight

Navajo Historian, Wally Brown, teaches about the origins of the language of the Diné. The language was given to the “five-fingered being” to allow them to communicate with all creation. The “five-fingered being” began to misuse the language, and the Holy People decided to take the language back. After much begging the Holy People agreed to let the Diné keep the language under the condition that it never be a written language. Else the Five-fingered Being would pervert and misuse the sacred langu

It’s easy to forget how close the Navajo language came to disappearing. For decades, boarding schools punished Native children for speaking it, and by the mid-1900s, fluency had begun to decline sharply. Elders still held the language, but younger generations were losing touch with it. Then the Navajo Nation fought back. Families, elders, educators, and communities built language programs from the ground up. Bilingual classrooms, cultural immersion, and community-led lessons began rekindling wha