Diné College works to rebuild rodeo program
'Rodeo on the Navajo Nation is sort of embedded into our upbringing'
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'Rodeo on the Navajo Nation is sort of embedded into our upbringing'
In the heart of the Navajo Nation lies Diné College, home to a once-prominent rodeo program riddled with issues from COVID. Now the school is trying to return the program to the collegiate rodeo championships.
Listen to an audio version of this remembrance. Karlets Dennison's favorite place to be was on a horse. Preferably with loved ones riding alongside him. "That was his love. His horses, his ranch, his rodeo," said his wife Debbie Jackson-Dennison. "And he loved sharing it with his kids and his granddaughter." But in the last months of his life, Karl didn't see much of his friends or family. He sat out the rodeo season. He and Debbie cancelled family gatherings at their ranch in Tohatchi, New Mexico, to avoid catching or spreading COVID-19. He sent daily snapchat videos to stay connected with...