Stacy Thacker
By Stacy Thacker, University of Montana
Growing up in Indian Country and running endless dirt roads has proven to be successful for Alvina Begay, Navajo, who qualified for the Olympic Trials last weekend at the Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitation in northern California.
By Stacy Thacker, University of Montana
This week was the season finale of Navajo Cops and I missed it! I'm not sure how many of you out there were in the same twilight zone I was in but when I checked the TV guide it was all about how to survive an apocalypse or something of the sort.
By Stacy Thacker, University of Montana
In 2010 a young Navajo man named Vincent Kee was a victim of a racial hate crime in Farmington, N.M. He had swastika's branded into his skin and shaved into the back of his head. Kee is mentally disabled and wasn't able to defend himself from his attackers.
Navajo Cops are back and they aren't messing around in this week's episode. The first call takes viewers to Fort Defiance, Ariz., where Officer Toddy attends to a man that claims somebody tried to stab him. Cops arrive to find the man intoxicated and as they search the house they find another man in hiding. The house has a reputation that involves drugs and apparently the guy in hiding realizes this because cops find him with weapons. Might as well be stealth and protected.
Health care has been a poplar topic in almost every community in America especially the Native American communities. The ideas or threats for new health care plans have flooded headlines in newspapers and have even become discussion topics for many programs and debates, but this isn’t something new in Indian Country.
While the general population tries to find a solution to many health care issue, Native Americans are also trying to to solve their own issues with health care in the United States.
By Stacy Thacker, University of Montana
While I was home on Spring Break driving around the area I kept my eyes peeled for the Navajo Cops that i've seen on TV every week, but there was one cop in particular that I was hoping to see-Officer Christopher Holgate.
By Stacy Thacker, University of Montana
In Navajo Cops this week viewers are exposed to a major problem happening in Navajo and Indian Country that shouldn't be happening at all- domestic disputes. These disputes aren't just happening to spouses but to other family members. In many Native cultures family is the key to wealth, health and success. It is a sacred privilege that shouldn't be taken for granted.
By Stacy Thacker, University of Montana
This week the Navajo Cops take a break from hunting “The Howler" and take on a possible homicide case in a two-hour special. They leave you hanging on through out the first episode trying to figure out what happened and the only clues they give you is a shallow grave, a bag containing gloves and blood. Oh, and not to mention a cop finding the head of something right before they cut to a commercial break.
By Stacy Thacker, University of Montana
March 20th was National Native AIDS Day. It was a day to educate many Native Americans of the risk that their tribes are facing and for many it was a chance to recognize the disease they are already living with.
By Stacy Thacker, University of Montana
The second episode of Navajo Cops on National Geographic had me on the edge of my seat, and more than a little homesick.
The episode started in Window Rock, Ariz. with a foot pursuit as a cop runs through a small pond of brown water (Oh, muddy water how I miss you). He followed the suspect to a house and removed a window screen only to find the guy, who claimed to have beaten a man in self-defense.
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