Rehoboth, N.M. – Rehoboth Christian School is hosting a book talk for the community by author

Dr. Farina King at 7 pm March 3, at the Rehoboth High School.

King is a co-author and will be speaking about their most recent book entitled “Returning Home:
Diné Creative Works from the Intermountain Indian School.”

Returning Home examines Diné (Navajo) boarding school students at the Intermountain Indian
School, which at one time was the largest federal Indian boarding school. The school was located in Brigham City, UT, and in existence from 1950 to 1984.

Through creative works in art and poetry, the book shows how Diné students maintained their culture while living away from...

Two dogs go missing from the scene

By Holly J. Wagner
Sun Correspondent

It was supposed to be the start of a new life. Instead, a tragic accident ended one life and forever changed another.

Roommates Jesse Root, 21, and Faith Corcoran, 18, set out from California Feb. 8 on a cross-country move. They had lived together on Root’s grandmother’s ranch until she sold it.

The pair were bound for Indiana, where they would move in with Root’s grandfather, who has dementia, to care for him. They packed Root’s 2001 Ford Expedition with their pets and whatever necessities they could fit, then set off to their new home Feb. 8.

Corcoran’s father was to follow a few days later...

Lizer: ‘Begin the healing and recovery process’

FOREST LAKE, Ariz. — Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez and Vice President Myron Lizer were joined by Diné relocatees and Navajo Hopi Land Commission Office Executive Director Robert Black Feb. 13, as they signed into law Resolution CJA-13-22, establishing the Diné Relocatee Fund to provide financial support for housing, infrastructure, and education for Navajo families who were relocated as a result of the Navajo-Hopi Settlement Act of 1974.

Congress passed the Act to address a land dispute between the Navajo Nation and the Hopi Tribe. The Act divided the disputed lands, and citizens of both tribes were subject to...

TSE BONITO, N.M. — Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez and Nez-Lizer Administration cabinet members met with U.S. Rep. Tom O’Halleran, D-AZ, at the Navajo Division of Transportation in Tse Bonito, N.M., to discuss priorities related to the implementation of American Rescue Plan Act funding to help mitigate the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The meeting was held at the Navajo Nation Fiscal Recovery Fund Office, overseen by interim Executive Director Tom Platero, which serves as a clearinghouse for ARPA related activities. Platero informed the Congressman that the Fiscal Recovery Fund Office has hired four employees and is preparing to hire more to help implement...