‘What’s the point?’: Inside a Navajo Nation election marked by distrust
First-time voter Cierra Tsosie is participating in the Navajo Nation presidential election amid reports of widespread voter distrust. The eighteen-year-old student plans to eventually return to the reservation as a physician. The election highlights political challenges and personal aspirations within the tribal community.
Cierra Tsosie is preparing to vote for the first time in the Navajo Nation presidential election. At 18 years old, she’s studying physiology and biochemistry at the University of Arizona, and has known for years that what she wants to do with her life is become a doctor and return permanently to the Navajo Nation. […]
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