Footprints of The Frontier on MSN

Navajo myths of creation, darkness, and tricksters

In the firelit nights of the frontier, stories carried more than entertainment — they carried power. Navajo myths revealed ...
Outside

Books: In Search of the Monster Slayer

Talking to the Ground: One Family’s Journey on Horseback Across the Sacred Land of the Navajo, by Douglas Preston (Simon & Schuster, $24). Preston’s long-standing interest in the Dine bahane’–the ...
Washington Examiner

Creature legends on Navajo Nation attract interest

FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) — A smashed watermelon is spread out in the middle of a dirt road in Upper Fruitland, a community where everything from giant pterodactyls to walking lizards to furry children ...
The Morning Sun

In Arizona, a fading Route 66 motel hides a story of the Navajo Code Talkers

Only two of the Navajo Code Talkers are still alive. The Route 66 motel where some of these World War II heroes were ...
AZ Central

Here's how to see some of the best preserved cliff dwellings in Arizona

Here’s the secret of Navajo National Monument. If the hike to the Betatakin cliff dwellings ended at a big blank wall, it would still be worth going. The canyon is beautiful and peaceful with the ...