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2 Navajo men and a business partner are indicted for illegal marijuana grow operations • Jan. 31, 2025, 1:18 AM ET (ABC News (U.S.))
Trump immigration raids snag U.S. citizens, including Native Americans, raising profiling fears • Jan. 29, 2025, 3:52 AM ET (NBC)
Navajo alarmed by reports of Indigenous people caught up in Trump immigration raids • Jan. 28, 2025, 1:40 AM ET (The Guardian)

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Manuelito
Manuelito
Navajo chief
Clyde K.M. Kluckhohn
American anthropologist
Laura Gilpin
American photographer