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Shondiin Silversmith is a reporter for the Arizona Mirror and an award-winning Indigenous journalist from the Navajo Nation who has covered Indigenous Affairs for over 14 years. She currently focuses on Arizona's 22 federally recognized tribal nations.
White Mesa residents say they’d be last to know about accidents despite being closest to danger.