Crystal Ashike

Nov 12, 2024 | aspenpublicradio.org | Crystal Ashike

A unique cultural event took place at the Durango Public Library recently, bringing the community together to learn about the significance and practice of round dances. “Round Dance 101,” hosted by the Durango School District and the Native American Parent Advisory Committee, provided a platform to explore this traditional Indigenous ceremony. Jessie Waskahat, a renowned round dance singer from Canada, shared his profound connection to this cultural practice.

Oct 29, 2024 | ksjd.org | Crystal Ashike

Voting rights activists led a “Walk to the Polls” on the Navajo Nation on Saturday, Oct. 12, as part of a civic campaign aimed at increasing voter turnout among Indigenous communities for the 2024 election. Diné activist Allie Redhorse Young, founder and director of Protect the Sacred, was one of the event's organizers. Young, who also led the Ride to the Polls campaign in 2020 and 2022, said tribal communities have a lot at stake this year.

Oct 13, 2024 | rmpbs.org | Crystal Ashike |Jeremy Moore |Chase McCleary |Jace DiCola

DATELINE, Colo. —  The Navajo Nation is continuing its efforts to locate and help tribal members who were victimized by fraudulent sober living homes in Arizona which specifically targeted Indigenous communities. Vulnerable tribal members were lured with false promises of treatment for substance abuse. Instead of receiving the care they were promised, they were caught in a scam that defrauded Arizona’s Medicaid program of nearly three billion dollars.