Keyshawn Whitehorse says a prayer in his Navajo language before he rides a bull competitively. “It keeps me grounded in who I am and where I come from,” he said. Whitehorse, 27, will be competing in ...

“Rodeo on the Navajo Nation is sort of embedded into our upbringing,” Diné athletic director Shawn Frank said. Rodeo coach Ed Hoylan calls it the “livelihood” of the Navajo people. Much like the rest ...

Spud Jones, who ascended to new heights in rodeo when he became the first Navajo bull rider to qualify for the National Finals Rodeo in 2008, providing inspiration to Indigenous bull riders in New ...

The Navajo Nation is celebrating with a fair and rodeo Sept. 6-13 in Window Rock. The fair is an Arizona and Native American tradition, with a mission “to preserve and promote pride in the Navajo ...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz.FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Kicking up a cloud of dust, the men riding bareback were in a rowdy scramble to be the first to lean down from atop their horses and grab hold of the chicken that ...

GALLUP — The Navajo Nation Council supported a bill to cancel fairs, rodeos and roping competitions for the remainder of the year on the reservation. The bill, proposed to protect the public from ...

Jack Jackson Sr., a former Navajo Nation Council delegate who served in the Arizona Legislature for nearly 20 years and helped secure a critical source of education money for Native communities, died ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Kicking up a cloud ...