Checklists on notecards and a speech outlining her platform, written in Navajo (Dine) language, sit on the desk of contestant Crystal Littleben at the St. Michael's Mission parish house-- where the ...

All eyes were cast on the six young women competing. Cheers erupted as they came out, waved to the crowds and took their spots by large wooden butchering stands, tied-up sheep close by. Behind them ...