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LaShea
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LaShea

Twelve Native artists took home first-place awards at this year’s Bernalillo Indian Arts Festival in Bernalillo, New Mexico. One of them was 24-year-old LaShea “Shea”

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Lakin Epaloose
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Lakin

In March, eight young people from the Pueblo of Zuni had an opportunity to go backpacking in the Grand Canyon, a sacred site for the

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Alex Boone
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Alex

As the Zuni Youth Enrichment Project gears up for its most popular Youth Sport program, the annual basketball league, volunteer coaches from across the Pueblo

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Norene Lonasee
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Norene

Norene Lonasee still remembers her father’s guidance. As a young child, learning English was proving to be a challenge. “My first language was Zuni, so

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Sanchez Family
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Sanchez Family

For generations, Zuni people shared delapna:we during the winter months. These ancient oral histories each revealed a moral or lesson, and they brought families together for

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Darren standing next to a large pot
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Darren

Through the years, Zuni youth have come to ZYEP for a variety of reasons. Some are interested in summer camp or sports, while others want

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Tara dressed in regalia in front of trees
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Tara

As a child growing up in Gallup, New Mexico, Tara Wolfe had myriad interests, but with a few twists and turns, those interests eventually would

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'Tre
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‘Tre

When Tre’ Riley was growing up in the Pueblo of Zuni, New Mexico, his little brother attended the Zuni Youth Enrichment Project’s Summer Camp. It

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Cassandra
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Cassandra

Art has always been part of Cassandra Tsalate’s life. As a child, while her brothers pursued their own interests, she decided to try her hand

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Tahlia Natachu
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Tahlia

Circles are important symbols. They can represent many things for Native communities, and at ZYEP they take on particular power when we see our children

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