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Intermountain students keep bonds alive at annual reunion

Special to the Times | Ray Landry
The annual Intermountain Indian School reunion draws about 400 people each year.

WHEATFIELDS, Ariz.

Many Navajos bonded over their boarding school experience, but for the graduates of Intermountain Indian School in Brigham City, Utah, the bonds seem exceptionally strong.

For at least 29 consecutive years, students from every graduating class since 1954 have gathered, along with their spouses, children and now grandchildren, at the annual Intermountain School Reunion.

It’s a huge production, generally attended by around 400 people, with games, entertainment, dancing, raffles and the crowning of a Miss Intermountain just like they were still in school. The reunion committee takes one month off in August, the month after the reunion, and then meets once a month to plan the next one — along with various smaller get-togethers throughout the year.

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About The Author

Cindy Yurth

Cindy Yurth was the Tséyi' Bureau reporter, covering the Central Agency of the Navajo Nation, until her retirement on May 31, 2021. Her other beats included agriculture and Arizona state politics. She holds a bachelor’s degree in technical journalism from Colorado State University with a cognate in geology. She has been in the news business since 1980 and with the Navajo Times since 2005, and is the author of “Exploring the Navajo Nation Chapter by Chapter.”

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