A longtime Navajo heritage teacher was fired, but doesn't know why
Victoria Yazzie was fired from Monument Valley High School after a complaint about a field trip. She says the district hasn't explained the action.
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Victoria Yazzie was fired from Monument Valley High School after a complaint about a field trip. She says the district hasn't explained the action.
In Monument Valley, residents who need to send an email or print a document often have to drive over 70 miles, one way, to Blanding.
Editor's note: This article is a part of a series reviewing Utah and U.S. history for KSL.com's Historic section. BLANDING, San Juan County — A "significant" Navajo Nation trading post at the heart of Monument Valley in southeast Utah received major recognition Thursday as efforts begin to save it before it's possibly lost forever. The National Trust for Historic Preservation named the Oljato Trading Post one of its 11 "most endangered" historic sites in the United States this year, which highlights it as one of the more important historic sites in desperate need of rehabilitation to prese...
Long-awaited bill to settle Navajo Nation water rights in San Juan County passed by Congress The legislation formalizes tribal water rights in southeast Utah and provides $220 million to construct water projects on the Utah Navajo strip. (Leah Hogsten | Tribune file photo) Two young boys fill the family water tank at the Oljato-Monument Valley water spigot adjacent to the post office on June 22, 2020. The water well is one of a few locations in San Juan County where members of the Navajo Nation can get clean water. More than one-third of Navajo Nation households lack running water, and the p...