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Delegate Amber Kanazbah Crotty and Tommy Tsosie, legislative staff assistant with the Office of the Speaker, walk Monday in Window Rock, Ariz., to raise awareness for the prevention of sexual assault on the Navajo Nation. (Daily Times Photo/Noel Lyn Smith)
WINDOW ROCK, Arizona – Leaders on the Navajo Nation took time prior to the start of the tribal council’s Spring Session on Monday to focus on awareness and prevention of sexual assault.
To further conversation, Delegate Amber Kanazbah Crotty led an awareness walk with the purpose to honor victims of violence on the Navajo Nation and to advocate for survivor resources, to encourage dialogue, and to shed light on a topic that is often hidden in tribal communities.
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WINDOW ROCK, Arizona Leaders on the Navajo Nation took time prior to the start of the tribal council’s Spring Session on April 19 to focus on awareness and prevention of sexual assault.
To further conversation, Delegate Amber Kanazbah Crotty led an awareness walk with the purpose to honor victims of violence on the Navajo Nation and to advocate for survivor resources, to encourage dialogue, and to shed light on a topic that is often hidden in tribal communities. You have to be courageous to have these conversations because that s what healing takes, Crotty said.
She added that talking about all aspects of sexual assault goes beyond tribal leadership to families talking about it.
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. The Navajo Nation on Tuesday reported two new confirmed COVID-19 cases, but no additional deaths for the third consecutive day.
The latest numbers brought the pandemic totals on the tribe’s reservation to 30,269 cases and 1,262 known deaths. Tribal officials had ordered a lockdown last weekend over fears that a new variant could drive another deadly surge.
The Stay-At-Home order required all Navajo Nation residents to refrain from unnecessary travel to help limit the spread of the virus, including a new and more contagious strain. Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez recently announced the first confirmed case of the COVID-19 B.1.429 variant on the reservation that covers parts of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah.
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