A century later, in 1984, the Navajo Nation mandated instruction in Navajo language and culture for K-12 schools within its boundaries. While the exact number of schools offering Navajo language ...

WINDOW ROCK — Michael Bia recalls speaking with an elderly Navajo woman in 2019 who, although she only spoke Navajo, still voted, even if she didn’t fully understand the issues on the ballot.

Navajo culture traditionally does not approve of abortions, said Melvatha Chee, an assistant professor of linguistics at the University of New Mexico and director of its Navajo language program.

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — A silence fell over the audience when Navajo Code Talker Thomas H. Begay sang the "Marines' Hymn" in the Navajo language. It is a language Begay is all too familiar with and ...

Election officials from northern Arizona counties translating the November ballot into Navajo at the Coconino County Elections Center. The group of Navajo speakers gathered in Flagstaff, Arizona ...