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Navajo myths of creation, darkness, and tricksters

In the firelit nights of the frontier, stories carried more than entertainment — they carried power. Navajo myths revealed ...
Immediately into the first episode, Dark Winds season 3 introduces the Navajo entity known as the Ye'iitsoh, and its meaning is wound through the third season's story, both literally and figuratively.
FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) — A smashed watermelon is spread out in the middle of a dirt road in Upper Fruitland, a community where everything from giant pterodactyls to walking lizards to furry children ...
The first worlds and the flood -- The river of separation -- The turquoise goddess and the twin heroes -- The changing coyote -- The woman who became a bear -- The beggar wanderer -- ...
Editor's note: The Journal continues "What's in a Name?," a twice a month column in which staff writer Elaine Briseño will give a short history of how places in New Mexico got their names. According ...
Rena Dunn teaches BYU's only Navajo language classes. 'People that have studied Navajo say that it's one of the few complete languages,' she said. (BYU Photo) BYU Navajo teacher Rena Dunn and junior ...