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Home of the Navajo PRCA Rodeo starts Friday Top hands to compete for lucrative purse
7+ hour, 4+ min ago (215+ words) Posted by Quentin Jodie | May 28, 2026 | Rodeo | The upcoming Home of the Navajo PRCA Rodeo will have a star-studded field. The list of entries includes the top hands in the professional ranks, and among them are handful of Din" contestants. "The…...
20 sculptures installed in downtown Farmington
6+ hour, 26+ min ago (225+ words) Submitted A sculpture stands along the downtown corridor in Farmington as part of the city's 2026-27 Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition. Twenty sculptures by artists from New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona and Utah will remain on display through May 2027. Posted by Navajo Times | May…...
Obituaries for May 28, 2026
6+ hour, 53+ min ago (919+ words) By Navajo Times | May 28, 2026 | Obituaries | The Navajo Times publishes obituaries free of charge as a public service. If you have an obituary you would like to submit, follow this link to the online submission form. We look forward to serving…...
As Utah declares drought emergency, Din" families still haul water
6+ hour, 59+ min ago (200+ words) Special to the Times | Donovan Quintero Lewis G. Bedonie handles a water hose at a community standpipe near Oljato, Utah. Bedonie, 71, said he has hauled water for nearly five decades from the site to his home near Paiute Farm. Posted by…...
Six presidential candidates pledge to repeal Navajo same-sex marriage ban
6+ hour, 58+ min ago (249+ words) Posted by Donovan Quintero | May 28, 2026 | News | The Navajo Nation's ban on same-sex marriage remains law, but a legal opinion issued last fall already directs the Executive Branch to recognize same-sex marriages performed outside the Navajo Nation for employment benefits and…...
Dance my own dance" Din" bulldogger Rooster Yazzie makes run at The America Rodeo Semi-Finals
7+ hour, 1+ min ago (265+ words) Navajo Times | Quentin Jodie Coyote Canyon, N. M. , steer wrestler Rooster Yazzie competed in The American Rodeo Semi-Finals in Arlington, Texas, on Friday night. He posted a 15. 72 run, missing a chance to compete for $2 million. Posted by Quentin Jodie | May 28, 2026 | Rodeo | The…...
You Are Not Forgotten" On Memorial Day, a Vietnam veteran honored his brother and a Navajo Code Talker at the Navajo Nation Veterans Cemetery
6+ hour, 56+ min ago (366+ words) Special to the Times | Donovan Quintero Vietnam veteran Bruce Zah replaces an American flag beside his brother's grave at the Navajo Nation Veterans Cemetery in Fort Defiance on Memorial Day. Zah also honored a relative, Navajo Code Talker Kenneth Tsosie,…...
Xavier College Preparatory's Kateri Etsitty caps her high school soccer career with state runner-up finish
7+ hour, 2+ min ago (263+ words) May 28, 2026 | Soccer | By Jalen Woody Special to the Times Kateri Etsitty, a Din" student at Xavier College Preparatory, took her high school soccer team to the state championships three times in her career. In her time, she quickly became one…...
Jacobs Custom Buckers Memorial Day Bullarama continues bull riding tradition in Breadsprings
7+ hour, 3+ min ago (141+ words) Special to the Times | Truman Begaye Jaiden Harrison rides the bull Pepperoni to become the 2026 Jacob Custom Buckers Memorial Day Bullarama champion with a score of 89. 5 points in Breadsprings, N. M. Posted by Navajo Times | May 28, 2026 | Rodeo | By Lee Begaye Special to…...
Chaco Canyon lands on endangered list as tribes split over its protections
7+ hour ago (181+ words) Posted by Navajo Times | May 28, 2026 | News | The Greater Chaco Cultural Landscape was placed on a national list of endangered historic places last week, even as President Buu Nygren reaffirmed his support for eliminating the buffer zone that Pueblo nations are…...