SPORTS 360 Miyamura falls to Belen, 46-21 PATS OUT OF STATE 5A PLAYOFFS
By Bernie Dotson For the Sun
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ELEN, N.M. — The No. 7 seeded Miyamura Patriots looked good on offense and defense going into the locker room Nov. 18, with the score tied 14-14 against No. 2 and undefeated Belen High in the state quarterfinals of the 5A football playoffs. But the Patriots (9-3) failed to muster that same enthusiasm and fell to the Eagles 46-21 before a rather large throng of travelling Patriots’ fans. The Eagles scored an unanswered 13 points in the third quarter. “We had a bye game last week and I guess you could say we were trying to shake off some rust,” Eagles’ head coach Greg Henington said after the game. “We’re pleased with the win.” Eagles senior quarterback Zach Halterman threw three touchdown passes in the second half and ran in two to end the game with 257 yards on offense. Belen is considered one of the best running teams in 5A. Junior running back Diego Casillas of Belen rushed for
NAVAJO EDUCATION | FROM PAGE 14 “I was able to live through those times without giving up,” she said. “Without saying it’s too hard. And going through that made me stronger in able and capable to deal with Western society.” Of course, she is not alone in her struggles, as some of us are resisting every single day. “Learn to be tough. Live with it and be able to withstand it,” my grandmother sa id. “Be st rong a nd not infuriated.” My jou r ney towa rd ser ving the Navajo people has come through being a writer. Whether it’s poetry SPORTS
The Miyamura High School Varsity Football team, who fell to the Eagles 46-21 to finish in the post-season. It was a vibrant run for the Patriots. Photo Credit: RAH Photography 280 yards on 25 carries, which included TD runs of 12 and 25 yards. The Eagles finished the game with an eye-popping 609 total yards on offense. Senior quar terback Matthew Chavez was again
superb in the loss. The lefthanded Chavez ended the game with 302 of the Patriots 353 total yards on offense. Chavez was sacked four times by the Eagles’ defense. Belen got on the scoreboard
first in the game with a 25-yard run by Casillas. The Patriots answered on a 26-yard pass to tie the score. A 5-yard pass to senior wideout Branon Vidal enabled the Patriots to tie the score at 14-14.
Belen (11- 0) adva nced to play Roswell (8-3), which beat Aztec 42-35 on Saturday. Miyamura head coach Wes Shank did not immediately return telephone calls seeking comment.
or reporting, not many can write, so I feel that I am creating and building a voice for myself and for Navajo people. The beauty of writing is that my words will be remembered. To be a Diné writer as my grandma is an interpreter is rare and important, because we are a voice for the people. I am where I am because of the seeds that my grandmother planted. My huge gratitude goes to my mother and grandparents, for they truly inspire me.
faculty and trainer for the Navajo Interpreter Training Institute at UofA. She has retired, but went back to freelancing as an interpreter with different federal state, local and Navajo courts. She assists attorneys who are preparing their clients to go to court, as well as interpreting medical ter ms for Navajo people in the hospital, courts and prisons. She h a s done a t on of tra nscr ibing from English t o Nav a jo for t he Nav a jo Nation Depa r tment of Justice, the Environmental P rotection Agency a nd t h e U. S . D e p a r t m e n t o f Education.
She transcribed the Navajo Nation Employee Benefits into Navajo and the Navajo Nation Wells Fargo 401(k) plan. S he wo rke d w it h t he EPA out of San Francisco, and worked with people in Cameron, Ariz. to clean up uranium waste.
state inter preters through the University of Arizona, in Tucson, Ariz. where over 115 Navajos were being certified. 1996: She interpreted big ca ses i nclud i ng Cobell v. Salazar along with more than 20 other cases. 1990-2013: She devoted her career to Navajo interpretation, and then retired. 2014 -2016: She wa s the Nava jo La nguage instr uctor at UNM, where she also taught Basic Navajo Language and Basic Medical Nava jo Language. 2 017: S h e i n t e r p r e t e d for the Nava jo Generating Station in the Yazzie v. U.S. EPA case in Page, A riz. in the spring.
OTHER EXPERIENCES Yazzie-Lewis was the lead
EDUCATIONAL TIMELINE 1979-1990: She moved to Albuquerque and was a freelance Navajo interpreter for federal courts. 1990: She was recruited and certified for a full-time position at federal courts. 1991-1992: The state of N.M. approached her to certify
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