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  • 26 NOVEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A Thai anti-government protestor wearing a carnival style mask in Thai national colors in the courtyard of the Ministry of Finance in Bangkok. Protestors opposed to the government of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra spread out through Bangkok this week. Protestors have taken over the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Sports and Tourism, Ministry of the Interior and other smaller ministries. The protestors are demanding the Prime Minister resign, the Prime Minister said she will not step down. This is the worst political turmoil in Thailand since 2010 when 90 civilians were killed in an army crackdown against Red Shirt protestors. The Pheu Thai party, supported by the Red Shirts, won the 2011 election and now govern. The protestors demanding the Prime Minister step down are related to the Yellow Shirt protestors that closed airports in Thailand in 2008.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 OCTOBER 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A Thai flag flies on a ferry crossing the Chao Phraya River between the Bangkok side of the river and the Thonburi side of the river.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 OCTOBER 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A Thai flag flies on a ferry crossing the Chao Phraya River between the Bangkok side of the river and the Thonburi side of the river.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 NOVEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  An anti-government student from Ramkhamhaeng University in Bangkok carries a Thai flag and marches down a Bangkok street Satuday. Political faultlines in Bangkok, the Thai capital, hardened Saturday. Antigovernment factions repeated promises to strike at the heart of Bangkok Sunday and bring down the government while thousands of Red Shirts, who support the government, have come to Bangkok from their base in rural Thailand to defend the government. Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has appealed for calm, but her opponents have rejected all requests for negotiations saying the only acceptable outcome is the eradication of the government.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 NOVEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  An anti-government student from Ramkhamhaeng University in Bangkok carries a Thai flag and marches down a Bangkok street Satuday. Political faultlines in Bangkok, the Thai capital, hardened Saturday. Antigovernment factions repeated promises to strike at the heart of Bangkok Sunday and bring down the government while thousands of Red Shirts, who support the government, have come to Bangkok from their base in rural Thailand to defend the government. Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has appealed for calm, but her opponents have rejected all requests for negotiations saying the only acceptable outcome is the eradication of the government.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 NOVEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  An anti-government student from Ramkhamhaeng University in Bangkok carries a Thai flag and marches down a Bangkok street Satuday. Political faultlines in Bangkok, the Thai capital, hardened Saturday. Antigovernment factions repeated promises to strike at the heart of Bangkok Sunday and bring down the government while thousands of Red Shirts, who support the government, have come to Bangkok from their base in rural Thailand to defend the government. Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has appealed for calm, but her opponents have rejected all requests for negotiations saying the only acceptable outcome is the eradication of the government.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 NOVEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  An anti-government student from Ramkhamhaeng University in Bangkok carries a Thai flag and marches down a Bangkok street Satuday. Political faultlines in Bangkok, the Thai capital, hardened Saturday. Antigovernment factions repeated promises to strike at the heart of Bangkok Sunday and bring down the government while thousands of Red Shirts, who support the government, have come to Bangkok from their base in rural Thailand to defend the government. Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has appealed for calm, but her opponents have rejected all requests for negotiations saying the only acceptable outcome is the eradication of the government.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 NOVEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Anti-government protestors march up Chaeng Watthana Road, near the Government Complex in Bangkok Saturday. Political faultlines in Bangkok, the Thai capital, hardened Saturday. Antigovernment factions repeated promises to strike at the heart of Bangkok Sunday and bring down the government while thousands of Red Shirts, who support the government, have come to Bangkok from their base in rural Thailand to defend the government. Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has appealed for calm, but her opponents have rejected all requests for negotiations saying the only acceptable outcome is the eradication of the government.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 NOVEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Anti-government protestors march up Chaeng Watthana Road, near the Government Complex in Bangkok Saturday. Political faultlines in Bangkok, the Thai capital, hardened Saturday. Antigovernment factions repeated promises to strike at the heart of Bangkok Sunday and bring down the government while thousands of Red Shirts, who support the government, have come to Bangkok from their base in rural Thailand to defend the government. Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has appealed for calm, but her opponents have rejected all requests for negotiations saying the only acceptable outcome is the eradication of the government.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 NOVEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Anti-government protestors march up Chaeng Watthana Road, near the Government Complex in Bangkok Saturday. Political faultlines in Bangkok, the Thai capital, hardened Saturday. Antigovernment factions repeated promises to strike at the heart of Bangkok Sunday and bring down the government while thousands of Red Shirts, who support the government, have come to Bangkok from their base in rural Thailand to defend the government. Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has appealed for calm, but her opponents have rejected all requests for negotiations saying the only acceptable outcome is the eradication of the government.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 NOVEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Anti-government protestors in Bangkok march down a street to go to Parliament to protest against Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. The protestors voluntrarily changed their route to avoid a confrontation with police. Protestors opposed to the government of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra spread out through Bangkok this week. Protestors have taken over the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Sports and Tourism, Ministry of the Interior and other smaller ministries. The protestors are demanding the Prime Minister resign, the Prime Minister said she will not step down. This is the worst political turmoil in Thailand since 2010 when 90 civilians were killed in an army crackdown against Red Shirt protestors. The Pheu Thai party, supported by the Red Shirts, won the 2011 election and now govern. The protestors demanding the Prime Minister step down are related to the Yellow Shirt protestors that closed airports in Thailand in 2008.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 NOVEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A royalist anti-government protestor holds up a picture of Bhumibol Adulyadej, the King of Thailand, during the protest at the Ministry of Finance. The anti-government protestors are conservative supporters of the monarchy. Protestors opposed to the government of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra spread out through Bangkok this week. Protestors have taken over the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Sports and Tourism, Ministry of the Interior and other smaller ministries. The protestors are demanding the Prime Minister resign, the Prime Minister said she will not step down. This is the worst political turmoil in Thailand since 2010 when 90 civilians were killed in an army crackdown against Red Shirt protestors. The Pheu Thai party, supported by the Red Shirts, won the 2011 election and now govern. The protestors demanding the Prime Minister step down are related to the Yellow Shirt protestors that closed airports in Thailand in 2008.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 NOVEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A protester waves an anti Thaksin sign at the Ministry of Finance. Protestors opposed to the government of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra spread out through Bangkok this week. Protestors have taken over the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Sports and Tourism, Ministry of the Interior and other smaller ministries. The protestors are demanding the Prime Minister resign, the Prime Minister said she will not step down. This is the worst political turmoil in Thailand since 2010 when 90 civilians were killed in an army crackdown against Red Shirt protestors. The Pheu Thai party, supported by the Red Shirts, won the 2011 election and now govern. The protestors demanding the Prime Minister step down are related to the Yellow Shirt protestors that closed airports in Thailand in 2008.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 NOVEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Former Deputy Prime Minister SUTHEP THAUGSUBAN, leader of the anti-government protests rocking Bangkok, talks on his mobile phone while walking through the Ministry of Finance complex. The Thai government issued as warrant for Suthep as the protests spread but he has not been arrested. Protestors opposed to the government of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra spread out through Bangkok this week. Protestors have taken over the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Sports and Tourism, Ministry of the Interior and other smaller ministries. The protestors are demanding the Prime Minister resign, the Prime Minister said she will not step down. This is the worst political turmoil in Thailand since 2010 when 90 civilians were killed in an army crackdown against Red Shirt protestors. The Pheu Thai party, supported by the Red Shirts, won the 2011 election and now govern. The protestors demanding the Prime Minister step down are related to the Yellow Shirt protestors that closed airports in Thailand in 2008.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 NOVEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Anti-government protestors hold up a portrait of Bhumibol Adulyadej, the King of Thailand, and wave Thai flags in the courtyard at the Ministry of Finance in Bangkok. Protestors opposed to the government of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra spread out through Bangkok this week. Protestors have taken over the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Sports and Tourism, Ministry of the Interior and other smaller ministries. The protestors are demanding the Prime Minister resign, the Prime Minister said she will not step down. This is the worst political turmoil in Thailand since 2010 when 90 civilians were killed in an army crackdown against Red Shirt protestors. The Pheu Thai party, supported by the Red Shirts, won the 2011 election and now govern. The protestors demanding the Prime Minister step down are related to the Yellow Shirt protestors that closed airports in Thailand in 2008.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 NOVEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A Thai anti-government protestor waves a Thai flag and screams at riot police in Bangkok. Protestors opposed to the government of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra spread out through Bangkok this week. Protestors have taken over the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Sports and Tourism, Ministry of the Interior and other smaller ministries. The protestors are demanding the Prime Minister resign, the Prime Minister said she will not step down. This is the worst political turmoil in Thailand since 2010 when 90 civilians were killed in an army crackdown against Red Shirt protestors. The Pheu Thai party, supported by the Red Shirts, won the 2011 election and now govern. The protestors demanding the Prime Minister step down are related to the Yellow Shirt protestors that closed airports in Thailand in 2008.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 NOVEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A Thai anti-government protestor waves a Thai flag and screams at riot police in Bangkok. Protestors opposed to the government of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra spread out through Bangkok this week. Protestors have taken over the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Sports and Tourism, Ministry of the Interior and other smaller ministries. The protestors are demanding the Prime Minister resign, the Prime Minister said she will not step down. This is the worst political turmoil in Thailand since 2010 when 90 civilians were killed in an army crackdown against Red Shirt protestors. The Pheu Thai party, supported by the Red Shirts, won the 2011 election and now govern. The protestors demanding the Prime Minister step down are related to the Yellow Shirt protestors that closed airports in Thailand in 2008.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 NOVEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A Thai anti-government protestor waves a Thai flag and screams at riot police in Bangkok. Protestors opposed to the government of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra spread out through Bangkok this week. Protestors have taken over the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Sports and Tourism, Ministry of the Interior and other smaller ministries. The protestors are demanding the Prime Minister resign, the Prime Minister said she will not step down. This is the worst political turmoil in Thailand since 2010 when 90 civilians were killed in an army crackdown against Red Shirt protestors. The Pheu Thai party, supported by the Red Shirts, won the 2011 election and now govern. The protestors demanding the Prime Minister step down are related to the Yellow Shirt protestors that closed airports in Thailand in 2008.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 NOVEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Anti-government protestors wave Thai flags in the courtyard at the Ministry of Finance in Bangkok. Protestors opposed to the government of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra spread out through Bangkok this week. Protestors have taken over the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Sports and Tourism, Ministry of the Interior and other smaller ministries. The protestors are demanding the Prime Minister resign, the Prime Minister said she will not step down. This is the worst political turmoil in Thailand since 2010 when 90 civilians were killed in an army crackdown against Red Shirt protestors. The Pheu Thai party, supported by the Red Shirts, won the 2011 election and now govern. The protestors demanding the Prime Minister step down are related to the Yellow Shirt protestors that closed airports in Thailand in 2008.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 NOVEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Anti-government protestors wave Thai flags in the courtyard at the Ministry of Finance in Bangkok. Protestors opposed to the government of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra spread out through Bangkok this week. Protestors have taken over the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Sports and Tourism, Ministry of the Interior and other smaller ministries. The protestors are demanding the Prime Minister resign, the Prime Minister said she will not step down. This is the worst political turmoil in Thailand since 2010 when 90 civilians were killed in an army crackdown against Red Shirt protestors. The Pheu Thai party, supported by the Red Shirts, won the 2011 election and now govern. The protestors demanding the Prime Minister step down are related to the Yellow Shirt protestors that closed airports in Thailand in 2008.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 NOVEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Anti-government protestors wave Thai flags in the courtyard at the Ministry of Finance in Bangkok. Protestors opposed to the government of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra spread out through Bangkok this week. Protestors have taken over the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Sports and Tourism, Ministry of the Interior and other smaller ministries. The protestors are demanding the Prime Minister resign, the Prime Minister said she will not step down. This is the worst political turmoil in Thailand since 2010 when 90 civilians were killed in an army crackdown against Red Shirt protestors. The Pheu Thai party, supported by the Red Shirts, won the 2011 election and now govern. The protestors demanding the Prime Minister step down are related to the Yellow Shirt protestors that closed airports in Thailand in 2008.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 SEPTEMBER 2004 - WINDOW ROCK, AZ: A traditional Navajo song and dance during the 58th annual Navajo Nation Fair in Window Rock, AZ. The Navajo Nation Fair is the largest annual event in Window Rock, the capitol of the Navajo Nation, the largest Indian reservation in the US. The Navajo Nation Fair is one of the largest Native American events in the United States and features traditional Navajo events, like fry bread making contests, pow-wows and an all Indian rodeo. Traditional Navajo song and dance competitions are not as flashy as pow-wows and they are not as fast paced as the larger inter tribal pow-wows that take place during the fair.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 SEPTEMBER 2004 - WINDOW ROCK, AZ: A traditional Navajo song and dance during the 58th annual Navajo Nation Fair in Window Rock, AZ. The Navajo Nation Fair is the largest annual event in Window Rock, the capitol of the Navajo Nation, the largest Indian reservation in the US. The Navajo Nation Fair is one of the largest Native American events in the United States and features traditional Navajo events, like fry bread making contests, pow-wows and an all Indian rodeo. Traditional Navajo song and dance competitions are not as flashy as pow-wows and they are not as fast paced as the larger inter tribal pow-wows that take place during the fair.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 SEPTEMBER 2004 - WINDOW ROCK, AZ: Bull riding at the All Indian seniors rodeo, open to cowboys more than 40 years old, during the 58th annual Navajo Nation Fair in Window Rock, AZ. The Navajo Nation Fair is the largest annual event in Window Rock, the capitol of the Navajo Nation, the largest Indian reservation in the US. The Navajo Nation Fair is one of the largest Native American events in the United States and features traditional Navajo events, like fry bread making contests, pow-wows and an all Indian rodeo.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 SEPTEMBER 2004 - WINDOW ROCK, AZ: Bull riding at the All Indian seniors rodeo, open to cowboys more than 40 years old, during the 58th annual Navajo Nation Fair in Window Rock, AZ. The Navajo Nation Fair is the largest annual event in Window Rock, the capitol of the Navajo Nation, the largest Indian reservation in the US. The Navajo Nation Fair is one of the largest Native American events in the United States and features traditional Navajo events, like fry bread making contests, pow-wows and an all Indian rodeo.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 SEPTEMBER 2004 - WINDOW ROCK, AZ: Bronc riding at the All Indian seniors rodeo, open to cowboys more than 40 years old, during the 58th annual Navajo Nation Fair in Window Rock, AZ. The Navajo Nation Fair is the largest annual event in Window Rock, the capitol of the Navajo Nation, the largest Indian reservation in the US. The Navajo Nation Fair is one of the largest Native American events in the United States and features traditional Navajo events, like fry bread making contests, pow-wows and an all Indian rodeo.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 SEPTEMBER 2004 - WINDOW ROCK, AZ: Bronc riding at the All Indian seniors rodeo, open to cowboys more than 40 years old, during the 58th annual Navajo Nation Fair in Window Rock, AZ. The Navajo Nation Fair is the largest annual event in Window Rock, the capitol of the Navajo Nation, the largest Indian reservation in the US. The Navajo Nation Fair is one of the largest Native American events in the United States and features traditional Navajo events, like fry bread making contests, pow-wows and an all Indian rodeo.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 SEPTEMBER 2004 - WINDOW ROCK, AZ: Team roping at the All Indian seniors rodeo, open to cowboys more than 40 years old, during the 58th annual Navajo Nation Fair in Window Rock, AZ. The Navajo Nation Fair is the largest annual event in Window Rock, the capitol of the Navajo Nation, the largest Indian reservation in the US. The Navajo Nation Fair is one of the largest Native American events in the United States and features traditional Navajo events, like fry bread making contests, pow-wows and an all Indian rodeo.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 SEPTEMBER 2004 - WINDOW ROCK, AZ: Cowboys behind the chutes at the seniors rodeo  during the 58th annual Navajo Nation Fair in Window Rock, AZ. Slivers said he has been rodeoing since 1963 and was the 2002 bullriding champion for cowboys more than 50 years old on the Navajo reservation. The Navajo Nation Fair is the largest annual event in Window Rock, the capitol of the Navajo Nation, the largest Indian reservation in the US. The Navajo Nation Fair is one of the largest Native American events in the United States and features traditional Navajo events, like fry bread making contests, pow-wows and an all Indian rodeo.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 SEPTEMBER 2004 - WINDOW ROCK, AZ:  Sammy Slivers Jr., a 54 year old bull rider, gets his rigging ready before his ride at the seniors rodeo  during the 58th annual Navajo Nation Fair in Window Rock, AZ. Slivers said he has been rodeoing since 1963 and was the 2002 bullriding champion for cowboys more than 50 years old on the Navajo reservation. The Navajo Nation Fair is the largest annual event in Window Rock, the capitol of the Navajo Nation, the largest Indian reservation in the US. The Navajo Nation Fair is one of the largest Native American events in the United States and features traditional Navajo events, like fry bread making contests, pow-wows and an all Indian rodeo.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 SEPTEMBER 2004 - WINDOW ROCK, AZ: A Navajo women make fry bread at the fry bread contest during the 58th annual Navajo Nation Fair in Window Rock, AZ. The Navajo Nation Fair is the largest annual event in Window Rock, the capitol of the Navajo Nation, the largest Indian reservation in the US. The Navajo Nation Fair is one of the largest Native American events in the United States and features traditional Navajo events, like fry bread making contests, pow-wows and an all Indian rodeo.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 SEPTEMBER 2004 - WINDOW ROCK, AZ: A Navajo women make fry bread at the fry bread contest during the 58th annual Navajo Nation Fair in Window Rock, AZ. The Navajo Nation Fair is the largest annual event in Window Rock, the capitol of the Navajo Nation, the largest Indian reservation in the US. The Navajo Nation Fair is one of the largest Native American events in the United States and features traditional Navajo events, like fry bread making contests, pow-wows and an all Indian rodeo.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 SEPTEMBER 2004 - WINDOW ROCK, AZ: Navajo children show their market lambs during the 58th annual Navajo Nation Fair in Window Rock, AZ. The Navajo Nation Fair is the largest annual event in Window Rock, the capitol of the Navajo Nation, the largest Indian reservation in the US. The Navajo Nation Fair is one of the largest Native American events in the United States and features traditional Navajo events, like fry bread making contests, pow-wows and an all Indian rodeo.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 SEPTEMBER 2004 - WINDOW ROCK, AZ: The carnival midway at the 58th annual Navajo Nation Fair in Window Rock, AZ. The Navajo Nation Fair is the largest annual event in Window Rock, the capitol of the Navajo Nation, the largest Indian reservation in the US. The Navajo Nation Fair is one of the largest Native American events in the United States and features traditional Navajo events, like fry bread making contests, pow-wows and an all Indian rodeo. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 SEPTEMBER 2004 - WINDOW ROCK, AZ: The carnival midway at the 58th annual Navajo Nation Fair in Window Rock, AZ. The Navajo Nation Fair is the largest annual event in Window Rock, the capitol of the Navajo Nation, the largest Indian reservation in the US. The Navajo Nation Fair is one of the largest Native American events in the United States and features traditional Navajo events, like fry bread making contests, pow-wows and an all Indian rodeo. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 SEPTEMBER 2004 - WINDOW ROCK, AZ: A man prepares for the pow-wow at the 58th annual Navajo Nation Fair in Window Rock, AZ. The Navajo Nation Fair is the largest annual event in Window Rock, the capitol of the Navajo Nation, the largest Indian reservation in the US. The Navajo Nation Fair is one of the largest Native American events in the United States and features traditional Navajo events, like fry bread making contests, pow-wows and an all Indian rodeo. The Wooly Ride, also called Mutton Busting, is a rodeo for children six years old and younger. The youngsters are set on a sheep which is then turned loose in the arena. Points are awarded for style and length of ride. Wooly Riding is extremely popular on the Navajo reservation, which has a strong cattle and sheep ranching tradition.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 SEPTEMBER 2004 - WINDOW ROCK, AZ: A man prepares for the pow-wow at the 58th annual Navajo Nation Fair in Window Rock, AZ. The Navajo Nation Fair is the largest annual event in Window Rock, the capitol of the Navajo Nation, the largest Indian reservation in the US. The Navajo Nation Fair is one of the largest Native American events in the United States and features traditional Navajo events, like fry bread making contests, pow-wows and an all Indian rodeo. The Wooly Ride, also called Mutton Busting, is a rodeo for children six years old and younger. The youngsters are set on a sheep which is then turned loose in the arena. Points are awarded for style and length of ride. Wooly Riding is extremely popular on the Navajo reservation, which has a strong cattle and sheep ranching tradition.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 SEPTEMBER 2004 - WINDOW ROCK, AZ: Men help a youngster get set for the "Wooly Ride" at the 58th annual Navajo Nation Fair in Window Rock, AZ. The Navajo Nation Fair is the largest annual event in Window Rock, the capitol of the Navajo Nation, the largest Indian reservation in the US. The Navajo Nation Fair is one of the largest Native American events in the United States and features traditional Navajo events, like fry bread making contests, pow-wows and an all Indian rodeo. The Wooly Ride, also called Mutton Busting, is a rodeo for children six years old and younger. The youngsters are set on a sheep which is then turned loose in the arena. Points are awarded for style and length of ride. Wooly Riding is extremely popular on the Navajo reservation, which has a strong cattle and sheep ranching tradition.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 SEPTEMBER 2004 - WINDOW ROCK, AZ: A Navajo boy rides a sheep during the "Wooly Ride" at the 58th annual Navajo Nation Fair in Window Rock, AZ. The Navajo Nation Fair is the largest annual event in Window Rock, the capitol of the Navajo Nation, the largest Indian reservation in the US. The Navajo Nation Fair is one of the largest Native American events in the United States and features traditional Navajo events, like fry bread making contests, pow-wows and an all Indian rodeo. The Wooly Ride, also called Mutton Busting, is a rodeo for children six years old and younger. The youngsters are set on a sheep which is then turned loose in the arena. Points are awarded for style and length of ride. Wooly Riding is extremely popular on the Navajo reservation, which has a strong cattle and sheep ranching tradition.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 SEPTEMBER 2004 - WINDOW ROCK, AZ: Navajo children enter the arena before the "Wooly Ride" at the 58th annual Navajo Nation Fair in Window Rock, AZ. The Navajo Nation Fair is the largest annual event in Window Rock, the capitol of the Navajo Nation, the largest Indian reservation in the US. The Navajo Nation Fair is one of the largest Native American events in the United States and features traditional Navajo events, like fry bread making contests, pow-wows and an all Indian rodeo. The Wooly Ride, also called Mutton Busting, is a rodeo for children six years old and younger. The youngsters are set on a sheep which is then turned loose in the arena. Points are awarded for style and length of ride. Wooly Riding is extremely popular on the Navajo reservation, which has a strong cattle and sheep ranching tradition.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 SEPTEMBER 2004 - WINDOW ROCK, AZ: Navajo children enter the arena before the "Wooly Ride" at the 58th annual Navajo Nation Fair in Window Rock, AZ. The Navajo Nation Fair is the largest annual event in Window Rock, the capitol of the Navajo Nation, the largest Indian reservation in the US. The Navajo Nation Fair is one of the largest Native American events in the United States and features traditional Navajo events, like fry bread making contests, pow-wows and an all Indian rodeo. The Wooly Ride, also called Mutton Busting, is a rodeo for children six years old and younger. The youngsters are set on a sheep which is then turned loose in the arena. Points are awarded for style and length of ride. Wooly Riding is extremely popular on the Navajo reservation, which has a strong cattle and sheep ranching tradition.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 SEPTEMBER 2004 - WINDOW ROCK, AZ: Navajo children wait to enter the arena before the "Wooly Ride" at the 58th annual Navajo Nation Fair in Window Rock, AZ. The Navajo Nation Fair is the largest annual event in Window Rock, the capitol of the Navajo Nation, the largest Indian reservation in the US. The Navajo Nation Fair is one of the largest Native American events in the United States and features traditional Navajo events, like fry bread making contests, pow-wows and an all Indian rodeo. The Wooly Ride, also called Mutton Busting, is a rodeo for children six years old and younger. The youngsters are set on a sheep which is then turned loose in the arena. Points are awarded for style and length of ride. Wooly Riding is extremely popular on the Navajo reservation, which has a strong cattle and sheep ranching tradition.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 SEPTEMBER 2004 - WINDOW ROCK, AZ: Native American veterans of the US military perform a gourd dance during the 58th annual Navajo Nation Fair in Window Rock, AZ. The Navajo Nation Fair is the largest annual event in Window Rock, the capitol of the Navajo Nation, the largest Indian reservation in the US. The Navajo Nation Fair is one of the largest Native American events in the United States and features traditional Navajo events, like fry bread making contests, pow-wows and an all Indian rodeo. Gourd dances originated amongst the Indian tribes in Oklahoma to honor those that served in the US military. They have since spread to almost every tribe in the country and are generally the first dance at a pow-wow.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 SEPTEMBER 2004 - WINDOW ROCK, AZ: Native American veterans of the US military perform a gourd dance during the 58th annual Navajo Nation Fair in Window Rock, AZ. The Navajo Nation Fair is the largest annual event in Window Rock, the capitol of the Navajo Nation, the largest Indian reservation in the US. The Navajo Nation Fair is one of the largest Native American events in the United States and features traditional Navajo events, like fry bread making contests, pow-wows and an all Indian rodeo. Gourd dances originated amongst the Indian tribes in Oklahoma to honor those that served in the US military. They have since spread to almost every tribe in the country and are generally the first dance at a pow-wow.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 SEPTEMBER 2004 - WINDOW ROCK, AZ: A traditional Navajo song and dance during the 58th annual Navajo Nation Fair in Window Rock, AZ. The Navajo Nation Fair is the largest annual event in Window Rock, the capitol of the Navajo Nation, the largest Indian reservation in the US. The Navajo Nation Fair is one of the largest Native American events in the United States and features traditional Navajo events, like fry bread making contests, pow-wows and an all Indian rodeo. Traditional Navajo song and dance competitions are not as flashy as pow-wows and they are not as fast paced as the larger inter tribal pow-wows that take place during the fair.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 SEPTEMBER 2004 - WINDOW ROCK, AZ: A traditional Navajo song and dance during the 58th annual Navajo Nation Fair in Window Rock, AZ. The Navajo Nation Fair is the largest annual event in Window Rock, the capitol of the Navajo Nation, the largest Indian reservation in the US. The Navajo Nation Fair is one of the largest Native American events in the United States and features traditional Navajo events, like fry bread making contests, pow-wows and an all Indian rodeo. Traditional Navajo song and dance competitions are not as flashy as pow-wows and they are not as fast paced as the larger inter tribal pow-wows that take place during the fair.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 SEPTEMBER 2004 - WINDOW ROCK, AZ: A traditional Navajo song and dance during the 58th annual Navajo Nation Fair in Window Rock, AZ. The Navajo Nation Fair is the largest annual event in Window Rock, the capitol of the Navajo Nation, the largest Indian reservation in the US. The Navajo Nation Fair is one of the largest Native American events in the United States and features traditional Navajo events, like fry bread making contests, pow-wows and an all Indian rodeo. Traditional Navajo song and dance competitions are not as flashy as pow-wows and they are not as fast paced as the larger inter tribal pow-wows that take place during the fair.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 SEPTEMBER 2004 - WINDOW ROCK, AZ: A traditional Navajo song and dance during the 58th annual Navajo Nation Fair in Window Rock, AZ. The Navajo Nation Fair is the largest annual event in Window Rock, the capitol of the Navajo Nation, the largest Indian reservation in the US. The Navajo Nation Fair is one of the largest Native American events in the United States and features traditional Navajo events, like fry bread making contests, pow-wows and an all Indian rodeo. Traditional Navajo song and dance competitions are not as flashy as pow-wows and they are not as fast paced as the larger inter tribal pow-wows that take place during the fair.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 SEPTEMBER 2004 - WINDOW ROCK, AZ: Bull riding at the All Indian seniors rodeo, open to cowboys more than 40 years old, during the 58th annual Navajo Nation Fair in Window Rock, AZ. The Navajo Nation Fair is the largest annual event in Window Rock, the capitol of the Navajo Nation, the largest Indian reservation in the US. The Navajo Nation Fair is one of the largest Native American events in the United States and features traditional Navajo events, like fry bread making contests, pow-wows and an all Indian rodeo.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 SEPTEMBER 2004 - WINDOW ROCK, AZ: Bronc riding at the All Indian seniors rodeo, open to cowboys more than 40 years old, during the 58th annual Navajo Nation Fair in Window Rock, AZ. The Navajo Nation Fair is the largest annual event in Window Rock, the capitol of the Navajo Nation, the largest Indian reservation in the US. The Navajo Nation Fair is one of the largest Native American events in the United States and features traditional Navajo events, like fry bread making contests, pow-wows and an all Indian rodeo.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 SEPTEMBER 2004 - WINDOW ROCK, AZ: Bronc riding at the All Indian seniors rodeo, open to cowboys more than 40 years old, during the 58th annual Navajo Nation Fair in Window Rock, AZ. The Navajo Nation Fair is the largest annual event in Window Rock, the capitol of the Navajo Nation, the largest Indian reservation in the US. The Navajo Nation Fair is one of the largest Native American events in the United States and features traditional Navajo events, like fry bread making contests, pow-wows and an all Indian rodeo.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 SEPTEMBER 2004 - WINDOW ROCK, AZ: Navajo girls in middle school wait to participate in a traditional talent contest the 58th annual Navajo Nation Fair in Window Rock, AZ. The Navajo Nation Fair is the largest annual event in Window Rock, the capitol of the Navajo Nation, the largest Indian reservation in the US. The Navajo Nation Fair is one of the largest Native American events in the United States and features traditional Navajo events, like fry bread making contests, pow-wows and an all Indian rodeo.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 SEPTEMBER 2004 - WINDOW ROCK, AZ: Bronc riding at the All Indian seniors rodeo, open to cowboys more than 40 years old, during the 58th annual Navajo Nation Fair in Window Rock, AZ. The Navajo Nation Fair is the largest annual event in Window Rock, the capitol of the Navajo Nation, the largest Indian reservation in the US. The Navajo Nation Fair is one of the largest Native American events in the United States and features traditional Navajo events, like fry bread making contests, pow-wows and an all Indian rodeo.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 SEPTEMBER 2004 - WINDOW ROCK, AZ: Team roping at the All Indian seniors rodeo, open to cowboys more than 40 years old, during the 58th annual Navajo Nation Fair in Window Rock, AZ. The Navajo Nation Fair is the largest annual event in Window Rock, the capitol of the Navajo Nation, the largest Indian reservation in the US. The Navajo Nation Fair is one of the largest Native American events in the United States and features traditional Navajo events, like fry bread making contests, pow-wows and an all Indian rodeo.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 SEPTEMBER 2004 - WINDOW ROCK, AZ: Bronc riding at the All Indian seniors rodeo, open to cowboys more than 40 years old, during the 58th annual Navajo Nation Fair in Window Rock, AZ. The Navajo Nation Fair is the largest annual event in Window Rock, the capitol of the Navajo Nation, the largest Indian reservation in the US. The Navajo Nation Fair is one of the largest Native American events in the United States and features traditional Navajo events, like fry bread making contests, pow-wows and an all Indian rodeo.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 SEPTEMBER 2004 - WINDOW ROCK, AZ: Team roping at the All Indian seniors rodeo, open to cowboys more than 40 years old, during the 58th annual Navajo Nation Fair in Window Rock, AZ. The Navajo Nation Fair is the largest annual event in Window Rock, the capitol of the Navajo Nation, the largest Indian reservation in the US. The Navajo Nation Fair is one of the largest Native American events in the United States and features traditional Navajo events, like fry bread making contests, pow-wows and an all Indian rodeo.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 SEPTEMBER 2004 - WINDOW ROCK, AZ: Cowboys behind the chutes at the seniors rodeo  during the 58th annual Navajo Nation Fair in Window Rock, AZ. Slivers said he has been rodeoing since 1963 and was the 2002 bullriding champion for cowboys more than 50 years old on the Navajo reservation. The Navajo Nation Fair is the largest annual event in Window Rock, the capitol of the Navajo Nation, the largest Indian reservation in the US. The Navajo Nation Fair is one of the largest Native American events in the United States and features traditional Navajo events, like fry bread making contests, pow-wows and an all Indian rodeo.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 SEPTEMBER 2004 - WINDOW ROCK, AZ: Sammy Slivers Jr., a 54 year old bull rider, gets his rigging ready before his ride at the seniors rodeo  during the 58th annual Navajo Nation Fair in Window Rock, AZ. Slivers said he has been rodeoing since 1963 and was the 2002 bullriding champion for cowboys more than 50 years old on the Navajo reservation. The Navajo Nation Fair is the largest annual event in Window Rock, the capitol of the Navajo Nation, the largest Indian reservation in the US. The Navajo Nation Fair is one of the largest Native American events in the United States and features traditional Navajo events, like fry bread making contests, pow-wows and an all Indian rodeo.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 SEPTEMBER 2004 - WINDOW ROCK, AZ:  Sammy Slivers Jr., a 54 year old bull rider, gets his rigging ready before his ride at the seniors rodeo  during the 58th annual Navajo Nation Fair in Window Rock, AZ. Slivers said he has been rodeoing since 1963 and was the 2002 bullriding champion for cowboys more than 50 years old on the Navajo reservation. The Navajo Nation Fair is the largest annual event in Window Rock, the capitol of the Navajo Nation, the largest Indian reservation in the US. The Navajo Nation Fair is one of the largest Native American events in the United States and features traditional Navajo events, like fry bread making contests, pow-wows and an all Indian rodeo.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 SEPTEMBER 2004 - WINDOW ROCK, AZ: Sammy Slivers Jr., a 54 year old bull rider, gets his rigging ready before his ride at the seniors rodeo  during the 58th annual Navajo Nation Fair in Window Rock, AZ. Slivers said he has been rodeoing since 1963 and was the 2002 bullriding champion for cowboys more than 50 years old on the Navajo reservation. The Navajo Nation Fair is the largest annual event in Window Rock, the capitol of the Navajo Nation, the largest Indian reservation in the US. The Navajo Nation Fair is one of the largest Native American events in the United States and features traditional Navajo events, like fry bread making contests, pow-wows and an all Indian rodeo.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 SEPTEMBER 2004 - WINDOW ROCK, AZ: Children on a midway ride during the 58th annual Navajo Nation Fair in Window Rock, AZ. The Navajo Nation Fair is the largest annual event in Window Rock, the capitol of the Navajo Nation, the largest Indian reservation in the US. The Navajo Nation Fair is one of the largest Native American events in the United States and features traditional Navajo events, like fry bread making contests, pow-wows and an all Indian rodeo.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 SEPTEMBER 2004 - WINDOW ROCK, AZ: A Navajo women make fry bread at the fry bread contest during the 58th annual Navajo Nation Fair in Window Rock, AZ. The Navajo Nation Fair is the largest annual event in Window Rock, the capitol of the Navajo Nation, the largest Indian reservation in the US. The Navajo Nation Fair is one of the largest Native American events in the United States and features traditional Navajo events, like fry bread making contests, pow-wows and an all Indian rodeo.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 SEPTEMBER 2004 - WINDOW ROCK, AZ: A Navajo women make fry bread at the fry bread contest during the 58th annual Navajo Nation Fair in Window Rock, AZ. The Navajo Nation Fair is the largest annual event in Window Rock, the capitol of the Navajo Nation, the largest Indian reservation in the US. The Navajo Nation Fair is one of the largest Native American events in the United States and features traditional Navajo events, like fry bread making contests, pow-wows and an all Indian rodeo.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 SEPTEMBER 2004 - WINDOW ROCK, AZ: A Navajo women make fry bread at the fry bread contest during the 58th annual Navajo Nation Fair in Window Rock, AZ. The Navajo Nation Fair is the largest annual event in Window Rock, the capitol of the Navajo Nation, the largest Indian reservation in the US. The Navajo Nation Fair is one of the largest Native American events in the United States and features traditional Navajo events, like fry bread making contests, pow-wows and an all Indian rodeo.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 SEPTEMBER 2004 - WINDOW ROCK, AZ: A Navajo women make fry bread at the fry bread contest during the 58th annual Navajo Nation Fair in Window Rock, AZ. The Navajo Nation Fair is the largest annual event in Window Rock, the capitol of the Navajo Nation, the largest Indian reservation in the US. The Navajo Nation Fair is one of the largest Native American events in the United States and features traditional Navajo events, like fry bread making contests, pow-wows and an all Indian rodeo.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 SEPTEMBER 2004 - WINDOW ROCK, AZ: A Navajo women make fry bread at the fry bread contest during the 58th annual Navajo Nation Fair in Window Rock, AZ. The Navajo Nation Fair is the largest annual event in Window Rock, the capitol of the Navajo Nation, the largest Indian reservation in the US. The Navajo Nation Fair is one of the largest Native American events in the United States and features traditional Navajo events, like fry bread making contests, pow-wows and an all Indian rodeo.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 SEPTEMBER 2004 - WINDOW ROCK, AZ: A Navajo women make fry bread at the fry bread contest during the 58th annual Navajo Nation Fair in Window Rock, AZ. The Navajo Nation Fair is the largest annual event in Window Rock, the capitol of the Navajo Nation, the largest Indian reservation in the US. The Navajo Nation Fair is one of the largest Native American events in the United States and features traditional Navajo events, like fry bread making contests, pow-wows and an all Indian rodeo.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 SEPTEMBER 2004 - WINDOW ROCK, AZ: Navajo children show their market lambs during the 58th annual Navajo Nation Fair in Window Rock, AZ. The Navajo Nation Fair is the largest annual event in Window Rock, the capitol of the Navajo Nation, the largest Indian reservation in the US. The Navajo Nation Fair is one of the largest Native American events in the United States and features traditional Navajo events, like fry bread making contests, pow-wows and an all Indian rodeo.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 SEPTEMBER 2004 - WINDOW ROCK, AZ: A Navajo boy shows off the ribbon he won during the market lambs competition at the 58th annual Navajo Nation Fair in Window Rock, AZ. The Navajo Nation Fair is the largest annual event in Window Rock, the capitol of the Navajo Nation, the largest Indian reservation in the US. The Navajo Nation Fair is one of the largest Native American events in the United States and features traditional Navajo events, like fry bread making contests, pow-wows and an all Indian rodeo.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 SEPTEMBER 2004 - WINDOW ROCK, AZ: Navajo children show their market lambs during the 58th annual Navajo Nation Fair in Window Rock, AZ. The Navajo Nation Fair is the largest annual event in Window Rock, the capitol of the Navajo Nation, the largest Indian reservation in the US. The Navajo Nation Fair is one of the largest Native American events in the United States and features traditional Navajo events, like fry bread making contests, pow-wows and an all Indian rodeo.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 SEPTEMBER 2004 - WINDOW ROCK, AZ: Navajo children show their market lambs during the 58th annual Navajo Nation Fair in Window Rock, AZ. The Navajo Nation Fair is the largest annual event in Window Rock, the capitol of the Navajo Nation, the largest Indian reservation in the US. The Navajo Nation Fair is one of the largest Native American events in the United States and features traditional Navajo events, like fry bread making contests, pow-wows and an all Indian rodeo.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 SEPTEMBER 2004 - WINDOW ROCK, AZ: A Navajo girl has her face painted in a booth during the 58th annual Navajo Nation Fair in Window Rock, AZ. The Navajo Nation Fair is the largest annual event in Window Rock, the capitol of the Navajo Nation, the largest Indian reservation in the US. The Navajo Nation Fair is one of the largest Native American events in the United States and features traditional Navajo events, like fry bread making contests, pow-wows and an all Indian rodeo.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 SEPTEMBER 2004 - WINDOW ROCK, AZ: A Navajo girl has her face painted in a booth during the 58th annual Navajo Nation Fair in Window Rock, AZ. The Navajo Nation Fair is the largest annual event in Window Rock, the capitol of the Navajo Nation, the largest Indian reservation in the US. The Navajo Nation Fair is one of the largest Native American events in the United States and features traditional Navajo events, like fry bread making contests, pow-wows and an all Indian rodeo.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ: Pastor ROGER TSOSIE, from the Window Rock Methodist Church, prays with people during the alter call at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ: Pastor ROGER TSOSIE, from the Window Rock Methodist Church, prays with people during the alter call at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ: Pastor ROGER TSOSIE, from the Window Rock Methodist Church, prays with people during the alter call at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ: Teenagers watch the youth service alter call at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ: Teenagers watch the youth service alter call at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ: Pastor ROGER TSOSIE, from the Window Rock Methodist Church, preaches at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ: JIMMY ETSITTY, a Navajo preacher, testifies about his rebirth in Christ in the chow hall at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Etsitty said he was raised to be a Navajo medicine man and that his family turned away from him when he became a Christian. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches..   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ:     JIMMY ETSITTY, a Navajo preacher, testifies about his rebirth in Christ in the chow hall at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Etsitty said he was raised to be a Navajo medicine man and that his family turned away from him when he became a Christian. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches.PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ:    FLORENCE BARKER, from the Manuelito Church of God, prays for a woman during the alter call at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ:    FLORENCE BARKER, from the Manuelito Church of God, prays for a woman during the alter call at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ:    FLORENCE BARKER, from the Manuelito Church of God, prays for a woman during the alter call at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ:  People pray during the alter call at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ:  A man walks past the main tent at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ:     People pray in the main tent at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ:  A woman prays at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ:    Sister ARLINDA SCOTT leads a prayer at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches.PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ:      at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches.PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ: A girl jumps rope in the children's play area at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ:     A man prays in a pew before the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ: Two cowboys, one white and one Navajo, talks about horses at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ:  A Navajo veteran of the US Marine Corps salutes during the veterans' service at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ:  JIMMY ETSITTY, a Navajo preacher, and his wife leave the chow hall after he preached a sermon before lunch at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Etsitty said he was raised to be a Navajo medicine man and that his family turned away from him when he became a Christian. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ: A boy drinks an iced tea in the chow hall at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ: A Navajo boy talks to a horse wrangler during the horsemanship clinic  at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ: A Navajo boy talks to a horse wrangler during the horsemanship clinic  at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ: Girls jump rope at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ: A boy plays behind the worship tent at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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