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Joan Delgai had always run a few sheep on the grazing permit she inherited from her parents in Cornfields, Arizona. But after 44 years as a teacher, she decided three-and-a-half years ago to retire and go back to the land full-time.

Like many veterans, Justin Francisco found himself at loose ends after leaving the U.S. Marine Corps.

Americans serving overseas can get plenty lonely. But as the only Native American deployed in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan under Special Operations, U.S. Army Spec. Paige Payton Curtiss, Diné/Akimel O’oodham, was feeling even more isolated than most.

Sports always came easily to Martina Jones Maddox.

One of the last official duties Sgt. Lamar Martin performed was at a Sept. 17 promotion ceremony in Window Rock.