ST, JOHNS, Ariz. (AP) — Jasmine Blackwater-Nygren is the new Apache County attorney, becoming the first Navajo woman to hold the position. The county Board of Supervisors held a special meeting ...

Blackwater-Nygren, 29, is a former Arizona legislator and the wife of Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren. Whiting won reelection last month but cannot serve because he has been suspended from ...

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A Navajo woman who has spent 50 years sewing has now been honored with an NEA award for her unique quilts. She is unafraid to criticize the mainstream culture that's marginalized Indigenous artists.