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Sunnie R. Clahchischiligi

Sunnie R. Clahchischiligi is a contributing writer at Searchlight and a member of the Navajo Nation. Her work appears in the Navajo Times, The New York Times and many other publications. She is also a doctoral student and writing instructor at the University of New Mexico.

Posted inEducation, Featured, New Mexico's Children, Tribal Affairs

Where have all the children gone?

by Sunnie R. Clahchischiligi December 9, 2021January 12, 2023

Students in the Four Corners have disappeared from attendance rolls. What happened?

Posted inFeatured, Full Archive, Hitting Home, Shiprock, Shiprock Part 3, Tribal Affairs

Education in the rearview mirror

by Sunnie R. Clahchischiligi July 8, 2021July 10, 2022

Living in internet dead zones and sometimes without electricity at home, Indigenous youths in New Mexico and Arizona went to extraordinary lengths to attend virtual classes.

Posted inCoronavirus, Featured, Tribal Affairs

A broken system

by Sunnie R. Clahchischiligi, Christine Trudeau and Jourdan Bennett-Begaye June 8, 2021July 10, 2022

From medical health privacy laws to a maze of siloed information systems, a true accounting of COVID-19’s impact on Indian Country is impossible to know.

Posted inCoronavirus, Education, Featured, In their own words, New Mexico's Children

In their own words: Zuni Pueblo and Navajo Nation

by Sunnie R. Clahchischiligi April 14, 2021July 10, 2022

What children say about online learning and a school year lost to COVID

Posted inCoronavirus, Featured, Hitting Home, Shiprock, Shiprock Part 2, Tribal Affairs

The deadly loss of Navajo women

by Sunnie R. Clahchischiligi November 11, 2020July 10, 2022

On the Navajo Nation, the coronavirus is leaving children motherless, families lost and traditions in peril. But Diné women fight on.

Posted inCoronavirus, Featured, Tribal Affairs

Navajo elders: Alone, without food, in despair

by Sunnie R. Clahchischiligi August 6, 2020July 10, 2022

A Navajo reporter checks in on elderly people on the reservation. Hunger and neglect is what she finds.

Posted inCoronavirus, Featured, Hitting Home, Shiprock, Shiprock Part 1, Tribal Affairs

Planting hope amid a plague

by Sunnie R. Clahchischiligi June 3, 2020July 10, 2022

Older generations on the Navajo Nation have passed down stories of scourges, resilience — and survival. New generations are bringing the tales to life.

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