On the Navajo Nation, the coronavirus is leaving children motherless, families lost and traditions in peril. But Diné women fight on.
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Strangers in a foreign land
A massive marijuana bust in Farmington represents just a sliver of an ongoing operation on Navajo lands that has now drawn federal investigators
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Chaos and cannabis
A massive hemp empire is accused of growing illegal marijuana and sowing violence on the Navajo Nation
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Navajo elders: Alone, without food, in despair
A Navajo reporter checks in on elderly people on the reservation. Hunger and neglect is what she finds.
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Bordering on desperation
In Gallup, surrounded by the Navajo Nation, a pandemic crosses paths with homelessness, hate and healers
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Planting hope amid a plague
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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Unsafe, understaffed, overwhelmed
As COVID-19 sweeps through the Navajo Nation, a hospital is accused of endangering lives
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Tested
The Navajo Nation has the highest number of COVID-19 cases in Indian Country. How will it cope?
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Stolen and Erased
A Navajo girl was exploited and sex trafficked in urban and rural New Mexico. Why did so many fail to help her?