LUPTON – Hours before the sun will conquer the dark, a light rain falls, burning wood crackles and soft voices drift from a hogan. An 11-year-old Navajo girl, dressed in a purple velvet blouse ...

Sandia National Laboratories diversity workforce specialist Marie Capitan with her daughter during the Kinaalda ceremony, a celebration of womanhood in the Navajo tradition. Disclaimer ...

In “Long Line of Ladies,” the Karuk people celebrate a girl’s first period in a coming-of-age ceremony. In “Long Line of Ladies,” the Karuk people celebrate a girl’s first period in a ...