Whenever Amy Begaye’s extended family butchered a sheep, she was given what she considered easy tasks — holding the legs and catching the blood with a bowl. She was never given the knife. That changed ...

GANADO, Ariz. -- Growing up in Ganado, a small town in Navajo Nation in eastern Arizona, Nikyle Begay always wanted to visit their grandmother's sheep. Begay's parents had grown up raising livestock, ...

For centuries, the lives of Navajo people have been intertwined with livestock - specifically, one particular breed of sheep they've relied on for meat and wool. The tribe is well known for weaving ...

With Native American Heritage Month winding down, students joined together at the Kirtland Central High agriculture barn to practice the time honored tradition of butchering. The brisk morning was ...