ABOVE: Celebration of Yazzie Jewelry
Cindy Tanner (in green dress), points out members of the famous Yazzie family at Tanners Indian Arts on Thursday evening. Joe Tanner and author Lois Dubin are assembling a book celebrating the Yazzie family and their jewelry. A celebration of the large family of jewelers was held at the downtown store. The large, coffee table book should be out sometime soon. [photo by Gaye Brown de Alvarez / Independent]

BELOW: Sobriety scrutiny
An assortment of confiscated alcoholic beverages sit on the side of New Mexico Highway 264 on Friday while Navajo Nation police conduct a sobriety checkpoint just east of Window Rock. The alcohol in the foregound was all seized in a matter of only a few hours during their lunch-time operation. [photo by Jeff Jones / Independent]