Sold baby finds family in Navajo search tale
Bettye Mae Maynard, raised by an Anglowoman in Missouri, traveled to Gallup to trace her Navajo roots after learning she was born in spring 1963 and given away for four dollars. An on air appeal sparked a possible family reunion as Maynard met a prospective aunt and relatives, sharing stories, gifts, and frybread lessons as DNA testing looms to confirm a biological link.
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Gallup
Bettye Mae Maynard
Maynard
Missouri
Lily Ellis
KGAK
Lily Willis
Ini
Michael Fagans
Hopi Tribe buys shopping center in Flagstaff
Hopi Tribe acquires the Kachina Shopping Center in east Flagstaff as part of a diversification plan to boost revenue beyond mining royalties. The purchase follows success of the Continental Shopping Center, with earnings projected to match prior strong returns. Tribe officials say real estate investments expand financial health for Hopi families and support growth in northern Arizona.
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Kykotsmovi
Ariz
Flagstaff
Arizona
Hopi
Wayne Taylor Jr
Cedric Kuwaninvaya
Kachina
Kachina Shopping Center
Rachel Sakiestewa- Scott
Sakiestewa-Scott
Hopi High launches JROTC program in Arizona
Hopi High School in Polacca, Arizona, begins a new JROTC program one of 45 international schools to do so this year. Col Edward Deegan and Sgt First Class Miguel Rodriguez lead the effort, with Cadet Command funding about 41,000 for equipment, uniforms, and awards. The program aims to build citizenship, discipline, and self-reliance through courses and activities, including parade and drill teams next year.
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Polacca
Ariz
Hopi High School
Hopi High
Paul Reynolds
Deegan
JROTC
Army
Cadet Command
Rodriguez
P _ Rodriguez
Cadets Command
Cas
California
Phineas Banning High School
Arm
Long Beach Community College
Orange Lee
Spay Neuter Clinic Expanded On Navajo Reservation
Free clinics for dogs and cats are offered this week and next week at Ga nado Chapter House with the Navajo Nation Veterinary and Livestock Department coordinating. The Arizona Humane Society mobile clinic provides the surgeries, vaccinations, and licenses on a first come basis with early check in advised. Other clinics are scheduled Oct 17 20 at New Lands, Oct 31 Nov 3 at Church Rock, and Nov 13 17 at Inscription House with additional events including a $5 male cat neuter on Sept 26.
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Window Rock
Ga‘nado
Navajo Nation Veterinary and Livestock Department
Arizona Humane Society
Shiprock
Veterinary and Livestock Department
New Lands
Church’ Rock
Indian Health Service Clinic
Inscription House
Corn Is Life Hopi Cultural Retreat at Second Mesa Oct 13 15
NAU offers a three day Hopi cultural immersion with traditional songs dances corn harvest and gourd rattles. Participants visit a Hopi village learn lifeways ceremonies and harvest processing. NAU faculty staff pay 350 non NAU 375 includes meals materials crafts and 25 hour certificate. Call 520-523-8063 or visit nau.edu ppdp for brochure and online registration.
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Northern
Arizona ‘University
Wal & Professional Development
Second Mesa
Northern Arizona University
NAU
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