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Navajo Nation President Russell Begaye greets parade watchers in Gallup, New Mexico in early August. Begaye is seeking a second term. Navajo voters will reduce the field of 18 candidates in Tuesday’s primary election. (Photo-Antonia Gonzales)
Navajo voters head to polls to narrow long list of presidential candidates
Private ceremony at Albion College to return sacred item to Zuni Pueblo
The election story is a collaboration between High Country News and National Native News.
(Navajo Nation presidential candidates: Benny Bahe, Russell Begaye, Tom Chee, Jonathan Nez, Calvin Lee, Jr., Joe Shirley, Jr., Vincent H. Yazzie, Rex Lee Jim, Norman Patrick Brown, Trudie Jackson, Shawn Redd, Alton Joe Shepherd, Emily Ellison, Tom Tso, Kevin Cody, Hope MacDonald Lonetree, Nick X. Taylor, Dineh Benally)