K AITLYN MARIA TRAINED with her horse for just six months—yet still made history. The 20-year-old Belén electrician became one of the first Navajo women crowned New Mexico State Fair Rodeo Queen by…
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I N 2012, Jemez Pueblo tribal and religious leadership filed a lawsuit to reclaim the Valles Caldera as their aboriginal and most sacred lands. In October 2024, a settlement between the National Park…
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F OR 50 YEARS, Gary Farmer (Cayuga from the Six Nations of the Grand River) has delivered performances infused with humor, depth, and authenticity, making him one of the film industry’s most beloved…
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R EZ LIFE BECOMES art for 21-year-old Jojo Jackson, star of the new Netflix hit Rez Ball. Based on a true story, the film follows a Diné high school basketball team vying for a New Mexico state…
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SOMETIME AROUND 2012, Chip Thomas, a family physician with a practice on the Navajo Nation, began seeing an uptick in certain health issues in Indigenous men in their seventies and eighties who had…
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CHIZHII BY CARRIE WOOD. “Western wear is definitely something I associate with my identity as a Native person, as a Navajo person, because that’s what everyone wears,” says designer Carrie Wood, who…
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THERE’S NO SHORTAGE of color and flare in Taos-based Dante Biss-Grayson’s latest collection: Sky-Eagle Mens Ranch Wear. The Osage designer’s Ace High II Western-cut shirts are designed with pearl…
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THE SANTA FE PLAZA can hardly contain it all. Featuring over 1,000 artists from more than 200 tribes, the Southwestern Association for Indian Arts Santa Fe Indian Market bursts at the seams with…
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El Rancho de las Golondrinas. The 500-acre historic rancho on the Camino Real is a living history site dedicated to 18th- and 19th-century New Mexico heritage. Daily tours at 10:30 a.m. are guided by…
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ONE DAY IN THE 1960S, four men with identical suits and haircuts walked into a house at Acoma Pueblo’s Sky City. Tour ambassador Brandon “Turtle” Valdo, whose family began guiding visitors around…
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