Recreate with respect Margie N. Lane from Navajo Parks and Recreation’s Lake Powell Navajo Tribal Park discusses the importance of protecting, preserving, and managing the Nation’s tribal parks. She also talks about the annual Page-Lake Powell Balloon Regatta and emphasizes the importance of visiting etiquette. For example, scratching the walls of Antelope Canyon causes irreparable damage and is illegal. Navajo Times | Nicholas House | Navajo Times

Gathering of Nations Kassie John, the 2024–25 Miss Indian World from Rock Point, Arizona, invites everyone to the 42nd Gathering of Nations in Albuquerque, taking place April 24–26. Navajo Times | Nicholas House | Navajo Times

Navajo Ceremonial Basket by Mary Holiday Black

Now, here’s an early Navajo wedding basket. How do I know it’s early? Well, one thing is the history. I know exactly where this basket has been. It belonged to George Herriman and he was the writer/artist of Krazy Kat, a comic strip that ran from 1913 to 1944 when he died. Now, what’s interesting about the basket is the design, I have not seen this design before, but it almost looks like moths with antennae in the wings. It’s also a bigger, fatter basket. Usually, wedding baskets are flat or fla