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Snuggled between tumbleweeds and utility poles, with a view of Ute Mountain through the windshield, high school sophomore Evan Allen placed his school-issued laptop on the center armrest of his grandmother’s truck and switched on his mobile Wi-Fi hotspot. Another school day was about to begin.
Every weekday, not long after the sun rested on the foothills of the Carrizo Mountains, Evan would rise from his foldout bed in his grandmother’s home in T’iis Názbąs, Arizona, on the Navajo Nation. At about 7:10 a.m., he’d grab his laptop, his school supplies and, if time allowed, some snacks, and make the 5 1/2-mile drive to the top of the hill above the local trading post, where a decent internet connection could be found.
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Dozens run to raise awareness for the unidentified buried at Chemawa
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Dozens of people took part in a 49-mile relay Saturday to Chemawa Indian School, intent on raising awareness for the indigenous youth buried in unmarked graves on the Salem campus.
While some took part in a relay-style run starting at the End of the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center in Oregon City and made their way through Willamette Valley cities Canby and Woodburn to Chemawa, about 20 cars and pickups followed them in a caravan to Salem.
A group of men chanted and drummed as the runners entered the cemetery adjacent to the Chemawa campus in North Salem about 2 p.m. Saturday.